Select epitaphs, collected by W. Toldervy. 2 vols. [in 1].W. Owen, 1755 |
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ABRAHAM COWLEY Admiral alſo ANNE Anno Baron Bath beloved beſt bleſs'd bleſſed Buckinghamshire Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral cauſed Chriſtian Church Church of England conſtant Converſation cou'd Country Courſe Daughter Death Defire deſerving died Duke dy'd Earl EDWARD England erected this Monument Eſq Eſteem ev'ry excellent faid faithful Fame Father fincere firſt flain France Friend Friendſhip fuch GEORGE Glory Grace Great-Britain hath Heav'n Heir HENRY Hertfordshire Hoſpitality Houſe Inſtruction interred Iſſue JAMES juſt King CHARLES Knight Lady lamented laſt Learning leſs lies lived Lord lov'd Love Majesty Marble married MARY Maſter Memory Mind moſt Muſes noble Perſon Piety pious pleaſe Pleaſure Praiſe preſent Prince raiſed reft Reſpect reſt RICHARD Right Honourable ſay ſecond ſerved ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir JOHN Sir John Beaumont Soul ſtill ſuch Tear thee theſe THOMAS thoſe thou Tomb Univerſity Virtue Viſcount Warwickshire Westminster-Abbey whoſe Wife WILLIAM Worcester Cathedral Youth
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Página 136 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 80 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Página 127 - Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Página 15 - But only to refresh the former hint, And read her Maker in a fairer print: So pious, as...
Página 175 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong...
Página 157 - ... the partial world despised and disregarded his low and humble state, the equal eye of Providence beheld, and blessed it with a patriarch's health and length of days ; to teach mistaken man, these blessings were entailed on temperance, or, a life of labour and a mind at ease.
Página 137 - And fraught with graces all his own: In various kinds of poetry Superior to many, Inferior to none, His works continue to...
Página 53 - WEEP with me, all you that read This little story; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Página 138 - Yet softer Honours, and less noisy Fame Attend the shade of gentle BUCKINGHAM: In whom a Race, for Courage fam'd and Art, Ends in the milder Merit of the Heart; And Chiefs or Sages long to Britain giv'n, Pays the last Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n.
Página 140 - His Prince's nearest joy and grief, He had, yet wanted all relief; The prop and ruin of the state; The people's violent love and hate; «° One in extremes loved and abhorred. Riddles lie here, or in a word — Here lies blood; and let it lie Speechless still and never cry.