elatus ex ædibus Buckinghamiis, viris illustribus
omnium ordinum; exequias celebrantibus sepultus est
die tertio Augusti anno 1667.
Englished—
ABRAHAM COWLEY;
the English Pindar, Horace, Virgil: the delight, glory
and desire of his age, lies near this place.
Whilst that thy glorious volumes still survive
And thou (great Poet) art in Fame alive,
Here take thy full repose, free from alarmes,