Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches— Volume 3

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Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Epitaph on Henry Martyn.

(1812.)

Here Martyn lies. In Manhood’s early bloom
The Christian Hero finds a Pagan tomb.
Religion, sorrowing o’er her favourite son,
Points to the glorious trophies that he won.
Eternal trophies! not with carnage red,
Not stained with tears by hapless captives shed,
But trophies of the Cross! for that dear name,
Through every form of danger, death, and shame,
Onward he journeyed to a happier shore,
Where danger, death, and shame assault no more.

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Chicago: Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Epitaph on Henry Martyn.," Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches— Volume 3, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches—Volume 3 (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHSLPDDP14XUEN1.

MLA: Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Epitaph on Henry Martyn." Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches— Volume 3, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches—Volume 3, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHSLPDDP14XUEN1.

Harvard: Macaulay, TB, 'Epitaph on Henry Martyn.' in Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches— Volume 3, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches—Volume 3, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHSLPDDP14XUEN1.