Yet died in peace, whose body here doth lie, And when the latter trump of heav'n shall blow, St. Giles, Cripplegate. ON MR. AIRE. Under this stone of marble fair, Lies the body entomb'd of Gervase Aire : Nor surfeited of too much wit; Methinks this was a wond'rous death, That Aire should die for want of breath. ON MR. DAN. G Here Daniel lies close in his den, Defying devils, lions, men; Content with his little stall, As Cesar is,- —or honest Ball; If he had faults; pray who is free? 'Mongst thousand insects in the spring, So insect man, we daily see, This maxim learn, as from a friend : None live so well, but they may mend. Westminster Abbey. ON EDMUND, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, Iho died in the 19th year of his age, 1735. If modest youth, with cool reflection crown'd, The living virtue now had shone approv'd, And, chiefs or sages long to Britain giv'n, St. Bartholomew, London. ON WILLIAM SHAW, an Attorney. Flere lies William Shaw, An attorney at law; If he is not blest, What will become of all the rest? Westminster Abbey. ON THE LORD AUBREY BEAUCLERK, While Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep, Sweet were his manners, as his soul was great; And Spain still felt him, when he breath'd no more. He was killed while giving the command on the deck of the Prince Frederick, before the castle of Boccachica, near Carthegena, where both his legs were shot off, but he would not suffer his wounds to be dressed till he had given orders to the first lieutenant to fight the ship to the last extremity, and soon after resigned his soul. On a Country Inn-keeper. Here! hark ye! old friend! what wilt pass, then, without Taking notice of honesty plump Jack? You see how 'tis with me, my light is burnt out, That light in my nose, once so bright to behold, And I'm now put to bed in the dark and the cold, But now wilt oblige me? Then call for a quart Of the best from the house o'er the way; Drink a part on't thyself, on my grave pour sa part, And walk on-friend I wish thee good day. South-hill Church, Bedfordshire. To the perpetual disgrace of THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG, On March 14, in the year 1757 ; Admiral Byng sailed from Spithead, April 7, 1756, with ten ships of the line, and was afterwards joined by two or three others, and on the second of May the admiral arrived at Gibraltar, where he was informed that the French fleet under M. de la Galissoniere, consisting of thirteen ships of the line and transports, on board of which were embarked fifteen thousand land forces, had sailed from Toulon on the 10th of April, with a view to a descent on the island of Minorca, and were now actually engaged in the siege of Fort St. Philip. On approaching Minorca the admiral descried the British colours still flying. on the castle of St. Philip and at the same time the French fleet appearing to the south-east, he formed the line, and, about two o'clock, threw out signals to bear away two points from the wind and engage. Admiral West, who commanded the van division, perceiving the inconsistency of the two orders, chose to comply with the last, and bore away with his division seven points from the wind, as absolutely necessary to bring the enemy to a close and regular engagement. Finding him |