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Yet died in peace, whose body here doth lie,
In expectation of eternity,

And when the latter trump of heav'n shall blow,
Cole now rak'd up in ashes then shall glow.

St. Giles, Cripplegate.

ON MR. AIRE.

Under this stone of marble fair,

Lies the body entomb'd of Gervase Aire :
He dy'd not of an ague fit,

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;
Let him lie still ;-he's free from strife,
From pains, and restless hours of life;
They're left behind, forgot, or gone,
Or rest beneath this silent stone.

If he had faults; pray who is free?
For some have greater faults than he.
Thro' various scenes in life he past,
And boldly view'd his fate at last.-
Few friends he had, fewer caress'd him ;
The curtain falls,—and no one miss'd him.

'Mongst thousand insects in the spring,
The watching sparrow one espies;
He nimbly flits, and drops his wing,
The gilded prey, unheeded, dies.

So insect man, we daily see,
Drops unregarded as the bee:

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,
And ev'ry op'ning virtue blooming round,
Could save a parent's justest pride from fate,
Or add one patriot to a sinking state:
This weeping marble had not ask'd thy tear,
Or sadly told, how many hopes lié here!

The living virtue now had shone approv'd,
The senate heard him, and his country lov'd.
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.

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,
Killed in 1741, æt. 31.

While Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep,
This marble shall compel the brave to weep,
As men, as Britons, and as soldiers, mourn
O'er dauntless, loyal, virtuous Beauclerk's urn.

Sweet were his manners, as his soul was great;
And ripe his worth, tho' immature his fate:
Each tender grace that love and joy inspires,
Living, he mingled with his martial fires;
Dying he bade Britannia's thunder roar,

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

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Taking notice of honesty plump Jack?

You see how 'tis with me, my light is burnt out,
And they've laid me here flat on my back.

That light in my nose, once so bright to behold,
That light is extinguish'd at last.;

And I'm now put to bed in the dark and the cold,
With wicker and so forth made fast.

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
Public justice

THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG,
Vice admiral of the blue,
Fell a martyr to
Political persecution

On March 14, in the year 1757 ;
When bravery and loyalty
Were insufficient securities
For the life and honour
Of a naval officer

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

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