II. On Sir WILLIAM TRUMBAL, One of the principal Secretaries of State to King WILLIAM III. who having refigned his Place, died in his Retirement at Eafthamfted in Berkshire, 1716. Aleafing Form; a firm yet cautious Mind;' Sincere, tho' prudent; conftant, yet refign'd: Honour unchang'd, a Principle profest, Fix'd to one fide, but mod'rate to the rest: Juft to his Prince, and to his Country true: Such this Man was; who now from Earth remov❜d, III. On the Hon. SIMON HARCOURT, Only Son of the Lord Chancellor HARCOURT ; at the Church of Stanton-Harcourt in Oxfordshire, 1720. O this fad fhrine, whoe'er thou art! draw near, T° Here lies the Friend most lov'd, the Son most dear: How vain is Reafon, Eloquence how weak! IV. On JAMES CRAGGS, Esq; In Weftminster-Abbey. JACOBUS CRAGGS REGI MAGNE BRITANNIE A SECRETIS ET CONSILIIS SANCTIORIBUS, PRINCIPIS PARITER AC POPULI AMOR ET DELICIA: VIXIT TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR ANNOS, HEU PAUCOS, XXXV, OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX. Statefman, yet Friend to truth! of Soul fincere, Who broke no Promise, ferv'd no private End, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd by the Muse he lov'd. V. Intended for Mr Row E, TH In Westminster-Abbey. HY reliques, Rowe, to this fair Urn we And facred, place by DRYDEN's awful duft: It is as follows, on the Monument in the Abbey erected to Thy Reliques, Rowe ! to this sad shrine we trust, To thefe fo mourn'd in death, so lov'd in life! VER. 3. Beneath a rude] The Tomb of Mr Dryden was Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! erected upon this hint by the Duke of Buckingham; to which was originally intended this Epitaph, This SHEFFIELD rais'd. The facred Duft below Was DRYDEN once: The rest who does not know? which the Author fince changed into the plain inscription now upon it, being only the name of that great Poet. J. DRYDEN. Natus Aug. 9. 1631. Mortuus Maij 1. 1700. JOANNES SHEFFIELD DUX BUCKINGHAMIENSIS POSUIT. |