English poem
Alexander
by Stephen Hawes (1474–1523)
Also kinge Alexander, the noble conquerour, Whose great power in all the worlde was knowen, Of me, dame Fame, he wanne the honoure, As I my trompe after his death have blowen; Whose sounde aloude can not be overthrowen. Thus in flamynge tonges all aboute I flye Throughe the worlde wyth my winges swyftly.