Thornhill, ’tis thine to gild with fame
Th’ obscure, and raise the humble name:
To make the form elude the grave,
And Sheppard from oblivion save.
…
Apelles Alexander drew,
Cæsar is to Aurellius due,
Cromwell in Lilly’s works doth shine,
And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine.