VI. On Mrs. CORBET, Who died of a Cancer in her Breast. HERE refts a Woman, good without pretence, VII. On the Monument of the Honourable RoBERT DIGBY, and of his Sifter MARY, erected by their Father the Lord DIGBY, in the Church of Sherborne in Dorfetfhire, 1727. GO! fair Example of untainted youth, Of modeft wisdom, and pacific truth: Lover of peace, and friend of human kind : And thou, bleft Maid! attendant on his doom, Yet take thefe Tears, Mortality's relief, VIII. On Sir GODFREY KNELLER, In Westminster-Abbey, 1723. KNELLER, by Heav'n and not a Mafter taught, Now for two ages having fnatch'd from Fate Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie IMITATION S. VER. 7. Imitated from the famous Epitaph on Raphael. IX. On General HENRY WITHERS, HERE, WITHERS, reft! thou braveft, gentleft mind, For thee the hardy Vet'ran drops a tear, And the gay Courtier feels the figh fincere. X. 'On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON, At Eafthamfted in Berks, 1730. THIS modeft Stone, what few vain Marbles can, A Poet, bleft beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heav'n kept facred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud Praise, and Friend to learned Eafe, Content with Science in the Vale of Peace, Calmly he look'd on either Life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd. XI. On Mr. GAY. GAY.. In Westminster-Abbey, 1732. age: OF Manners gentle, of Affections mild; 5 VER. 12. Here lies Gay.] ie. in the hearts of the good and worthy.-Mr. Pope told me his conceit in this line was not generally underflood. For, by peculiar ill-luck, the formulary expreffion, which makes the beauty, misleads the reader into a fenfe which takes it quite away. XII. Intended for Sir ISAAC NEWTON, In Westminster-Abbey. ISAACUS NEWTONUS: Quem Immortalem Teftantur Tempus, Natura, Cælum : Hoc marmor fatetur. Nature and Nature's Laws lay hid in. Night : XIII. On Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY, Bishop of Rochester. Who died in Exile at Paris, 1732. [His only Daughter having expired in his arms, immediately after the arrived in France to fee him.] DIALOGUE.. SHE. YES, we have liv'd-one pang, and then we part! May Heav'n, dear Father! now have all thy Heart. Yet ah! how once we lov'd, remember ftill, Then mix this duft with thine-O fpotless Ghost! -He said, and dy'd. Save my Country, Heav'n,] Alluding to the Bishop's frequent ufe and application of the expiring words of the famous Father PAUL, in his prayer for the ftate, ESTO PERPETUA. With how good a grace the Bishop applied it at his trial, and is here made to refer to it in his last moments, they will understand who know what conformity there was in the lives of the Prelate and the Monk. The character of our countryman is well known. And that of the Father may be told in very few words. He was profoundly fkilled in all divine and human learning: He employed his whole life in the service of the State, against the unjust encroachments of the Church. He was modeft, humble, and forgiving; candid, patient, and jutt; free from all prejudices of party, and all the projects of ambition; in a word, the happiest compound of Science, Wisdom, and Virtue. |