Select epitaphs, collected by W. Toldervy. 2 vols. [in 1].W. Owen, 1755 |
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ABRAHAM COWLEY Admiral alfo ANDREW MARVELL ANNE Anno Bath Ben Johnson beſt bleffed blefs'd Body Buckinghamshire Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral Cauſe Chriſtian Church Church of England conftant Converſation cou'd Country Daughter Death Defcended Defire died Duft Duke dy'd Earl EDWARD England Epitaph erected this Monument ev'ry excellent facred faid faithful fame fecond fhall fincere firft firſt flain France Friend fuch GEORGE Glory Grace Great-Britain hath Heav'n HENRY Hertfordshire himſelf Houſe Huſband Iffue illuftrious interred JAMES JOHN BALCHEN John Cleveland juft King CHARLES Knight Lady laft lamented laſt Learning lies lieth lived Lord lov'd Love Mafter Majefties married MARY Memory Mind moft moſt noble Perfon Piety pious Praiſe preferved Prince reft Reign RICHARD Right Honourable ſhall ſhe Sir JOHN Sir John Beaumont Soul thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Thouſand Tomb Treaſure univerfal Virtue Viſcount Westminster-Abbey whofe whoſe Wife WILLIAM Wiſdom Worcester Cathedral
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Page 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.
Page 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.
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Page 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.
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Page 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.
Page 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.