Select epitaphs, collected by W. Toldervy. 2 vols. [in 1].W. Owen, 1755 |
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... Fate , And curb thy vaft Defires , and know thy State He , whom the Globe entire could not suffice , In this fmall Tomb in fmaller Afhes lies . [ Font - Everaud , Normandy . ] ; On ANNE , Queen to Richard the II . * This Stone covers ...
... Fate , And curb thy vaft Defires , and know thy State He , whom the Globe entire could not suffice , In this fmall Tomb in fmaller Afhes lies . [ Font - Everaud , Normandy . ] ; On ANNE , Queen to Richard the II . * This Stone covers ...
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... Fate . Scotland by right , by Marriage France was thine , .. To thefe well - founded Hope did England join : By ... Fates her Chains unbind . So the prun'd Vine fhoots forth with fertile Sprays , And the cut Gem reflects its purer Rays ...
... Fate . Scotland by right , by Marriage France was thine , .. To thefe well - founded Hope did England join : By ... Fates her Chains unbind . So the prun'd Vine fhoots forth with fertile Sprays , And the cut Gem reflects its purer Rays ...
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... Fate , and filent ev'ry Ill . Such was her Courfe as Heav'n thought fit to steer :: She had her Joys , she knew her Sorrows , here . Early to Life the Royal JAMES fhe gave , Whom every kinder Pow'r in keeping have . By Nuptials great ...
... Fate , and filent ev'ry Ill . Such was her Courfe as Heav'n thought fit to steer :: She had her Joys , she knew her Sorrows , here . Early to Life the Royal JAMES fhe gave , Whom every kinder Pow'r in keeping have . By Nuptials great ...
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... Fate of Kings . On Sir FRANCIS WALSINGHAM , Knt . * Sacred to Virtue and Honour . FRANCIS WALSINGHAM , Defcended from a long continued Succeffion of Illuftrious Ancestors , Enhanced the Splendor of his Birth , by An Excellence of Genius ...
... Fate of Kings . On Sir FRANCIS WALSINGHAM , Knt . * Sacred to Virtue and Honour . FRANCIS WALSINGHAM , Defcended from a long continued Succeffion of Illuftrious Ancestors , Enhanced the Splendor of his Birth , by An Excellence of Genius ...
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... Fate , in a Brother . To conclude , For Wit , Feature , and true Paffion , E arth , thou haft not fuch another . On the Countess - Dowager of PEMBROKE , Sifter to Sir Philip Sydney . By Ben Johnson . Underneath this fable Hearse , Lies ...
... Fate , in a Brother . To conclude , For Wit , Feature , and true Paffion , E arth , thou haft not fuch another . On the Countess - Dowager of PEMBROKE , Sifter to Sir Philip Sydney . By Ben Johnson . Underneath this fable Hearse , Lies ...
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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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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 173 - 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.