ON GAY THE POET. By Pope. WELL then, poor GAY lies underground! So little justice here he found, 'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back. SITTINGBOURNE. I was as yee be, now in dust and clay, Have mercy on my sowl yat bowght hit with yi blodde, For ELISABETH of Cherite a paternoster say, Sumtymes I was the wyff of EDMONDE POODDE. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. ON SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, Knt, Who received his Death at a Battle near Zutphen, in Gelderland, September 22, 1586. England, Netherland, the Heavens, and the Arts, The Souldiers and the World have made sixe parts Of noble Sidney; for who will suppose, That a small heape of stones can Sidney inclose! England hath his body, for she it fed; The Heavens have his soule, the Arts have his fame, WESTMINSTER ABBEY. EDMUND, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. Who died in the 19th Year of his Age, 1735. Ir modest youth, with cool reflection crown'd, The following Lines, on the above Nobleman, I met with in Manuscript; but I do not know the Author. HAIL, Patriot Youth! lost in life's bloom, In virtue's shrine with honour sleep; While at the consecrated tomb But never shall thy mem'ry die, All at thy urn shall that revere; Who honours worth, shall heave a sigh, HERE lies little ** * " a yard deep or more, That never lay quiet or silent before. Her head always working, her tongue always And the pulse of her heart continually beating, To a truly great genius and right noble mind. Now far be from hence the fool and the knave, ON A FAT PHYSICIAN. TAKE heed, O good trav'ller, and do not tread hard, For here lies Dr. STR-TF-RD, in all this church yard. ST. PETER'S, NORWICH. HERE lyeth JOHN BRIGGE, under this marbil ston, Whos sowle our Lord Jesu have mercy upon ; For in this worlde, worthily he lived many a day, And here hys bodi ys beried, and cowched under clay. Lo! frendis fre, whatever ye be, pray for me, I you pray, As ye may se, in soch degre, so schal ye be, another day. OLD GREY FRIERS, EDINBURGH. ON JOHN MILNE. Who died December 24, 1667, aged 56. GREAT artisan, grave senator, JOHN MILNE, Can have no other beauty than his name, To sit with statesmen, counsellor to kings, Reader, JOHN MILNE, who maketh the fourth Join, Sixth master-mason to a royal race Of seven successive kings, sleeps in this place. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. ON AN ATTORNEY. HERE lies one, believe it if you can, Who, tho' an attorney, was an honest man ; NARDEN. O Lord my Sauiour and hevenly Maker, ON MRS. ELIZABETH CORBETT. By Pope. ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSter. Who died at Paris, March 1st, 1724, of a Cancer in HERE rests a woman, good without pretence, * LADY ELIZABETH NEVILL, and daughter to the Lord DAKER, and DAME ANNE GRAISTOCK. |