Classic Poem

A Noble Peere the Knightly band to end,
Lends here his presence England to befriend,
Grand Lord he beene, be learne to mount on high,
Exalted unto Honors dignity:
Rejoycing to learne vertue, and the while
Note I his vertue raised to apile,
On mounting high, as he doth learne to be,
Noble in vertues with dexterity:
Nor may this Grand Lord cease Grand Lord to bene ,
On whom high honours Trophies high are seene,
Reaching and mounting evermore still higher,
Till to the clouds your vertues doe aspire.
He may learne mount the way to be a Grand Lord ;
Virtues true patterne is for him t'afford:
Mount thus Northumbers Peere example beene ,
Best imitated, his best vertues seene,
Emplanted in your brest to keepe a traine,
Rightly a Noble Peere you shall remaine;
Learne thus to mount , and be you mounting still,
And never cease till you obtaine the hill:
None but the Heroes of the Lord attaine;
Doe this Grand Peere, and then you shall remaine
Eterniz'd by no decaying straine.