On Sir William Trumbull

One of the Principal Secretaries of State to King William III

Who, having resigned his Place, died in his retirement at Easthamsted, in Berkshire, 1716.

A PLEASING Form, a firm, yet cautious Mind;

Sincere, tho’ prudent; constant, yet resign’d:

Honour unchanged, a Principle profest,

Fix’d to one side, but mod’rate to the rest:

An honest Courtier, yet a Patriot too,

Just to his Prince, and to his Country true:

Fill’d with the Sense of age, the Fire of youth,

A scorn of Wrangling, yet a zeal for Truth;

A gen’rous Faith, from superstition free,

A love to Peace, and hate of Tyranny;

Such this Man was, who now, from earth remov’d,

At length enjoys that Liberty he lov’d.