Sonnet X, by John Milton.

To the Lady Maragaret Lay

Daughter to that good Earl, once President
Of England's Council, and her Treasury,
Who lived in both, unstained with gold or fee,
And left them both, more in himself content,
Till the sad breaking of that Parliament
Broke him, as that dishonest victory
At Chæronea, fatal to liberty,
Killed with report that old man eloquent.
Though later born than to have known the days
Wherin your father flourished, yet by you,
Madam, me thinks I see him living yet;
So well your words his noble virtues praise,
That all both judge you to relate them true
And to possess them, honoured Margaret.