Poem by Anonymous

On Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Here lieth the worthy warrior, 
	Who never blooded sword; 
Here lieth the noble councillor, 
	Who never held his word; 
Here lieth his excellency, 
	Who ruled all the state; 
Here lieth the Earl of Leicester, 
	Whom all the world did hate.

1. Gathering of Atholl
2. Lord Strafford’s Meditations in the Tower
3. The Bells of Fletching
4. The Old Scottish Gentleman
5. Barthram’s Dirge

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