Since that in him doth cruel Death appall

Both Manhood, Wit and Learning every way:

But yet he doth in bed of Honour rest,

And evermore of him shall live the best.

And in another place thus;

When Venus sad saw Philip Sidney slain,

She wept, supposing Mars that he had been,

From Fingers Rings, and from her Neck the Chain

She pluckt away, as if Mars ne'er again

She meant to please, in that form he was in,