A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]

DMI number:

1240

Publication Date:

1775

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T136904

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW103175507

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A NEW SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | EPITAPHS, | By T. WEBB. | [rule] | VOL. II. | HUMOROUS, WHIMSICAL, SATYRICAL, | AND | INSCRIPTIVE. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for S. BLADON, No. 16, Pater-Noster-Row. | MDCCLXXV.

Epigraph:

Life's little Stage is a small Eminence, | Inch-high the Grave above; the Theme of Man, | Where dwells the Multitude: We gaze around, | We read their Monuments, we sigh, and while | We sigh, we sink; and are what we deplored; | Lamenting, or lamented, all [illeg] Lot! | YOUNG. | Life soon expires; and tho' 'tis fancy'd long, | Youth dies a Child, and Age itself is young. | OGILVIE.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Comments:

Contents: prose inscriptions pp. 119-222[i.e. 242?] Genre: collection of epitaphs and inscriptions Duplicate poem: poem 26035 appears twice in this miscellany, p. 13 + 30; poem 24150 appears twice in this miscellany, p. 77 + 112.

Other matter:

Back matter: Indexes pp. [243]-249.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1775

ESTC No:

T136904

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

T. Webb

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

S. Bladon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Here lieth the worthy warrior

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Howe how who is hear

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis Otwell Hill a holy hill

Page No:

pp.2-3

Poem Title:

['Mons sacer Otwelli sacratus Nomine Christi'] Which I think may be thus Englished: On Doctor Otwell Hill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

W. Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Thin in beard and thick in purse

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

For Tom A Combe, alias Thin Beard, Brother to John a Combe

Attribution:

said also to have been written by Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

On the Cambridge Carrier, who sickened in the Time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague.

Attribution:

John Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Here lieth John Cruker a maker of bellows

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. Hoskines.

Attributed To:

J. Hoskines

First Line:

Here lieth one who did most truly prove

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

John Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Here lies the body of Daniel Saul

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth old Beck who sold fruit who sold fruit at the cross

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here snug in grave my wife doth lie

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Musician and logician eke

Page No:

p.5.3

Poem Title:

['Musicus et Logicus Wynal hic jacet ecce Johanne'] Which may be thus translated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the corpse of William Prynne

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

S. Butler.

Attributed To:

Samuel Butler

First Line:

Concord is conquered in this urn there lies

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On William Lawes, a Musician, killed at the Siege of West Chester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a man made Spain and Holland shake

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On Admiral Blake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As doctors give physic by way of prevention

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Intended by Mr. Prior for his own Monument.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

Page No:

p.7.2

Poem Title:

On Mr. Colman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Life is a jest and all things show it

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Written by Mr. Gay for his own Monument.

Attribution:

by Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Beneath the droppings of this spout

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

On Francis Thompson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here fast asleep upon his back

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

On J. B--d, Esq. late Alderman of D--l.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Felled by death's surer hatchet here lies Sprong

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

On John Sprong.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the last King Charles of Spain

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Within this tomb the famed Politian's laid

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

['Politianus in hoc tumulo jacet Angelus, unum'] In English thus:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie light upon him earth though he

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

On Sir John Vanbrugh, the Architect.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

On Mr. Demar, who died July 6, 1720

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Heroes and kings your distance keep

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

For one who would not be buried in Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Under this marble or under this sill

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here five feet deep lies on his back

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On Mr. Partridge.

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On Francis Chartres, Esq.

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Well then poor G-- lies under ground

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beneath this stone fair ladies lies

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Hil. Jacob.

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

From Orcade isles to Egypt's coast

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Hil. Jacob.

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Here's Delia's buried at fourscore

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Hil. Jacob.

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Here he lies beside a witch

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies one who was born and cried

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That he was born it cannot be denied

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

On a certain Alderman.

Attribution:

J. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

How apt are men to lie how dare they say

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Stay bachelor if you have wit

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Beneath this smooth stone by the bone of his bone

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On Master John Gill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Mills who over hills

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On Mr. John Mills.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Robin Masters faith twas hard

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On an Undertaker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone lies honest Syl

Page No:

p.14.2

Poem Title:

On a Letter-Founder at Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone --'s dust is laid

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here hark ye old friend what wilt pass then without

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

On a Country Inn-Keeper.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On this marble drop a tear

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mrs. Monk.

Attributed To:

Mary Monck

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies the old Katherine Gray

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies little --- a yard deep or more

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath in the dust the mouldy old crust

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail happy pair predestined long to prove

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

On Mr. Maddox, a Dancing-Master, and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

On the Parson of -- Parish, in --.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here old -- lies

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

On ******

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stretched underneath this stone is laid

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

On Christopher Smith, alias Thumb, an industrious, not a free, Mason, died January 21st, 1742-3. Aged 66.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My sledge and hammer lie reclined

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

In Memory of David Fletcher, Smith to this Church, who died Feb 14, 1744, aged 48.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader beware immoderate love of pelf

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

On a Miser.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Flin

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Mr. John Flin, a Painter, of Galway, in Ireland, though a Roman Catholic, wrote the following Epitaph for himself.

Attribution:

John Flin

Attributed To:

John Flin

First Line:

Here lies the corpse of Lady Ann

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a head that often ached

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

William Goodwin.

Attributed To:

William Goodwin

First Line:

Here old John Randal lies who telling of his tale

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Interred beneath this marble stone

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Half burned alive beneath this dung hill lies

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

On a Gin-Drinker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lie I must

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

On a Young Gentleman that killed himself with drinking October Beer.

Attribution:

D. R.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone crammed in a hole doth lie

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stop gentle reader and peruse this stone

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman whose Name was Earth.

Attribution:

Lucas.

Attributed To:

Lucas

First Line:

A stiff starched virgin of unblemished fame

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

Written with Chalk upon the Tombstone of an Old Maid, who a little before her Death declared she was but 53 (though it was known she was at least 60) and her Age was engraven on the Stone 53 accordingly.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies her debt of nature paid

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

Intended for a Lady, who resolved to die a Maid.

Attribution:

F. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth a midwife brought to bed

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

On Jane Parker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here fast asleep lies Saunders Scott

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

On Saunders Scott.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stop passenger until my life you've read

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

On Margaret Scott.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this place in paper case

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

On the Death of a favourite Dormouse, said to be writ by a Lad of about Eleven Years Old.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Trillo lies a laughing merry priest

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

Upon a Clergyman, passionately fond of Music.

Attribution:

G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis odd quite odd that I should laugh

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

On the late Mr. Timothy Whitenose, alias Jemmy Jewell.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our Holt alas hath stint his hold

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On Christopher Holt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stephen and time are now both even

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On little Stephen, a noted Fiddler in Suffolk.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death and the king did as it were contend

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On Sir Antony Denny.

Attribution:

Henry Earl of Surrey.

Attributed To:

Henry Howard

First Line:

Here rests in peace a hampshire grenadier

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

In Memory of Thomas Thetcher, a Grenadier in the North Battalion of the Hampshire Militia, who died of a Fever, contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot, the 12th of May, 1764.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who so him bethoft inwardly and oft

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Hic jacet Richardus Colwel, quondam Major istius Villae de Feversham, qui obiit----1533.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader survey this monumental pile

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

On a Miser.

Attribution:

W. Stevenson, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Stevenson

First Line:

Stay passenger and shed a tear

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

On James Murray.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Below an husband and a wife are laid

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Translation of an Epitaph in the Church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Boreas' blasts and Neptune's waves

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

On Captain John Dunch.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Sherry lies here whose fixed abode

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

On an old Hawker found dead in the Highway.

Attribution:

J. Kirk.

Attributed To:

J. Kirk

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies Trotplaid John

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Garret some called him but that was too high

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No trust to metals nor to marbles when

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

On Sir Edward Giles and his Lady, at Dean Prior, Devon.

Attribution:

--Herrick.

Attributed To:

Robert Herrick

First Line:

Beneath this earth bound cell lies Richard say

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

On Richard Say.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Humphrey Gosling of London vintner

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I Mary Pawson lie below sleeping

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The world's a city full of crooked streets

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Duke of Marlborough

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

by Dr. Evans of Oxford

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

One charming bird to paradise is flown

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

On Master William Bird, who died the 2d of October, 1698, aged Four Years.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader behold the pious pattern here

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

On the Rev. Mr. William Cole.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever treadeth on this stone

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

On Mr. William Wheatly.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever you are tread softly I entreat you

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Here lies Randolph Peter, of Oriel, the Eater.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He thrusts like lightening flew but skilful death

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On Alexander Layton, Master of Defence, 1679.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Roger lies here before his hour

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On Mr. Roger Gardiner.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Lord saw good I was loping of wood

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With dilligence and trust most exemplary

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On the Rev. Mr. William Lawrence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take heed o good traveller and do not tread hard

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On a large fat Physician.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You see old Scarlet's picture stand on high

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As nurses strive to bed their babes to hie

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Katherine Prettyman

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Six lines this image shall delineate

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

On Sir Henry Croft.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nigh to the river Ouse in York's fair city

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

[no title[

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The womb and tomb in name be not so near

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here or elsewhere all's one to you or me

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Written by Himself [i.e. Henry Marten]

Attributed To:

Harry Martin

First Line:

Alderman Jones locked up in a box

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On Alderman Jones.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies father and mother and sister and I

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of poor Frank Rowe

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth old Cromwell

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On Cromwell Lea.

Attribution:

A. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here sir Henry Leigh is lying

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On Sir Henry Leigh.

Attribution:

Sedley.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

Here lies a reverend Givan priest

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On Mr. John Pettygrew, late Minister at Givan near Glasgow in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the son here lies the mother

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

[In a Church-Yard at Marle in France. ('Ci git le Fils, ci git la Mere')] In English thus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone doth Cicely Bridges sleep

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Cicely Bridges.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A maid of eighteen

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Penniah Juckes.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death is the painful way that all must tread

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On Sir Stephen Harvey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies entombed a married man's great woe

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

On a Shrew.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth one was born and cried

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On one unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Scarce seven years old this grace in glory ends

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Grace Medford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A zealous locksmith died of late

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

On a Lock-Smith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a woman no man can deny it

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies father Sparges

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

On an old Miser named Sparges.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Queen was brought by water to Whitehall

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

On the Removal of Queen Elizabeth's Body by Water to Whitehall, from Richmond, where she died.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A richer web than any art can weave

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On Mr. William Webbe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

After some threescore years of caterwawling

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

On a Scold.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At the due sacrifice of the paschal lamb

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On Mr. Anthony Cook.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two little sisters lie under this stone

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On D. Rawlinson's Two Daughters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He learned to live while he had breath

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

On Samuel Wotton, D. D.

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First Line:

Here lies an organist quite blown out of breath

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p.43

Poem Title:

On one unknown.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here lies none one worse than none for ever thought

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p.43

Poem Title:

Upon one Mr. None.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I Warner once was to myself

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p.43

Poem Title:

On Jo. Warner.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Reader behold this stone keeps Kitty down

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p.43

Poem Title:

At Oxford.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

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p.44

Poem Title:

On one unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here lies old John Hildibroad

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p.44

Poem Title:

On a Tomb-Stone in Dundee, in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here lies the body of Thomas Kemp

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p.44

Poem Title:

On Thomas Kemp, hanged for Sheep-stealing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

How how who's buried here

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p.44

Poem Title:

On Mr. John Berry

Attribution:

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First Line:

None lieth here of lineage none descended

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p.44

Poem Title:

On another of the same Name.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here lies the body of sir John Calf

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p.45

Poem Title:

On Sir John Calf.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Jack Snip the taylor's dead tis now too late

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p.45

Poem Title:

On a Taylor.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O wretched death more viler than a fox

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p.45

Poem Title:

The following Lines were wrote by a Gentleman who read the above Epitaph.

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First Line:

This nimble footman ran away from death

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p.45

Poem Title:

On a Footman.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Could he forget his death that every hour

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p.46

Poem Title:

On a Gardener.

Attribution:

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First Line:

He that such carriage store was wont to have

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p.46

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here Hobson lies pressed with a heavy load

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p.46

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Hobson what's out of sight is out of mind

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p.46

Poem Title:

On Hobson the Carrier.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Hobson's not dead but Charles the northern swain

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p.46

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay traveller guess who lies here

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

On. K. Henry's VIIIth's Jester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death without question was as bold as brief

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p.47

Poem Title:

On a Miller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here Stitch the tailor in his grave doth lie

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p.47

Poem Title:

On a Taylor who died of a Stitch.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Earth upon earth consider may

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p.48

Poem Title:

On Florence Caldwell.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here lies one strange no pagan turk nor jew

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p.48

Poem Title:

On Mr. Strange.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of a sinner

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p.48

Poem Title:

On a Whore.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here underneath a Webster death has lain

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p.48

Poem Title:

On John Webster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Jerusalem's curse is not fulfilled in me

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p.48

Poem Title:

On Mr. Stone.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

A child and dead alas how could it come

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p.49

Poem Title:

On a Child.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Did he die young o no it could not be

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p.49

Poem Title:

On a Youth.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

How might his days end that made weeks or he

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p.49

Poem Title:

On a Chandler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Under this stone of marble fair

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p.49

Poem Title:

On Mr. Aire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand

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p.50

Poem Title:

On a Cobler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a body who lost his breath

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p.50

Poem Title:

On Mr. Richman, a Miser.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the water poet honest John

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p.50

Poem Title:

On John Taylor, the Water Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One here lies who rolled in gold

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p.50

Poem Title:

On old Gold, a Papist.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length by works of wondrous fate

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p.51

Poem Title:

On a Porter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Pye

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p.51

Poem Title:

On John Pye, a Farmer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Untimely because so late and late because

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p.51

Poem Title:

On John Lilburn, who was an Officer in Oliver's Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

William Matthison here lies

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p.51

Poem Title:

On William Matthison.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies William Shaw

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p.52

Poem Title:

On William Shaw, an Attorney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My friend judge not me

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p.52

Poem Title:

On John Woodgate, who broke his Neck by a Fall from his Horse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Short was thy life

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On John Brown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone

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pp.52-54

Poem Title:

On Samuel Smith, Ordinary of Newgate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here old Sarum lies

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

On Dr. Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury.

Attribution:

Tho. Brown.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

John Adamson's here kept within

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pp.55-56

Poem Title:

On John Adamson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The charnel mounted on the wall

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p.55

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Ellen Reson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail Mary full of grace bove women blessed

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pp.56-57

Poem Title:

On the Lady Mary Armine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bybax the drunkard while he lived would say

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p.57

Poem Title:

On a Drunkard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a maid not full sixteen

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p.57

Poem Title:

On a young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here lies Penelope Lady Rich

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p.57

Poem Title:

On the Countess of W--k.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Creswell.

Attribution:

L. Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies crafty Joan deny it who can

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

On Joan Truman, who had an Issie in her Leg.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here's death interred that lived by bread

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p.58

Poem Title:

On John Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That death should thus from hence our butler catch

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p.58

Poem Title:

On a Butler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The world's tempestuous sea while I did plough

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

On Robert Sterlin, Skipper.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I was young in wars I shed my blood

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p.58

Poem Title:

On a Soldier.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Smith

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On John Smith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Robert More

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p.59

Poem Title:

On Robert More.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

May all men by these presents testify

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On a Scrivener.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through Christ I'm not inferior

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On William Rymour, Maltman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death came to John

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

On one named John.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies bargeman West

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On Daniel West, Bargeman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of all fours

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p.60

Poem Title:

On a Gamester's Tomb-Stone.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Too cruel death has snatched poor Ben away

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On an Upholsterer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone here lies a sot

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On Mr. Twig, the Vintner.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies honest Stephen with Mary his bride

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

A White-Chapel Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of a beauteous maid

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

On a very chaste Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Vin Eyre let fall a tear

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

On Mr. Vincent Eyre.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True to his friend to helpless parents kind

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas alas here free from cares and strife

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

Upon an Orange Merchant, who died in his first Wife's Arms upon his Wedding Night.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For me deceased weep not my dear

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

An Epitaph out of a Church-Yard in Dorsetshire, answered by a Gentleman on the Widower's Marrying again in a Fortnight.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gaily I lived as ease and nature taught

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p.65

Poem Title:

On Reignier.

Attribution:

Made by Himself.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am not grieved my dearest life

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Merry was he for whom we now are sad

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

On John Tissey, a late Punster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come Alecto and lend me thy torch

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p.66

Poem Title:

On Mr Skelton, the merry Poet Laurat to Henry VII. and VIII. who died the 21st of June, 1529.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

William Yearley and Elizabeth his wife

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

On Mr. William Yearley and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Earth goes to earth as mould to mould

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p.67

Poem Title:

On Florens Caldwell, Esq. and Mary his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Cabbot under this stone

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

On John Cabbot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Richard Hind

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Richard Hind.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas he's dead good master Sharpe

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p.68

Poem Title:

On Mr. Joseph Sharpe, Needle-Maker, adn Common-Councilman of Farringdon Without.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests my wife poor Phillis let her lie

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

For his own Wife.

Attribution:

Wrote by Mr. S. of Fleet-Street

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Will who kept the gate at Kew

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

Upon the Death of Old William, who kept the Gate of Kew Green.

Attribution:

Written by John O'Combe, Parish Clerk.

Attributed To:

John O Combe

First Line:

Here lies death wife when this way next you tread

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p.69

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Death, Comedian, late of the Norwich Company.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests a wearied youth by death relieved

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman who had the Honour of being danced to Death by a Young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thaw every breast melt every eye with woe

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Snow, the King's Trumpeter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The cup of life just with his lips he pressed

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

On an Infant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whether sailor or not for a moment avast

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Upon a Sailor.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas alas poor Bumbo Dick

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On the Death of the Master of the Star-Inn in Lynn, commonly called Bumbo Dick, of which Liquor he drank two Gallons a Day for 36 Years.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A generous foe a faithful friend

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A virgin votary is oft in snares

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Dorothy Calthorpe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the Lord have mercy on her

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

On one Unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here's one that was an able workman long

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

On Walter Stronge, Free-Mason.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whom neither sword nor gun in war

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

On Captain Dyer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Adam I was from Adam first I came

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

On Richard Adams.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies within this holy place

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

On Dr. Sherlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Like bird of prey

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

On a Child.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

Post Funera Virtus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I dreamed that buried in my fellow clay

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

On a Nobleman's Tombstone at Woodford-Wells.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

On Mr. Thomas Hearne, the Antiquarian.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies our sovereign lord the king

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

On King Charles II.

Attribution:

Lord Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies in a dyke

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

[On Richard Dyke, a Grave-digger. ('Hic jacet in Fossa, Fossae qui Nomen habetbat')] Translated thus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies poor Ned Purdon from misery freed

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p.74

Poem Title:

On Mr. Edm. Purdon, an Author.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies R C believe it who can

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

[In Rippon Church-Yard ('Hic jacet Vir, perpendiculariter honestus.')] Thus translated

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Johnnie Carnegie lies here

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On a Tomb-Stone in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the collier Jenkin Dashes

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the wife of Master Ford

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here ligs mess Andrew Gray

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

In Glasgow Church-Yard, in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a piece of christ a star in dust

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On Anne Green, A Quaker, in Ramsbury.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Catherine Anne and Mary Riggs

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

[In a Church-Yard in Bedfordshire. ('Hic Catherina jacet, jacet Anna, jacetque Maria')] Thus Englished.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of captain Tully

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On a Mayor of Exeter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests the musical Kit Shrider

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On the celebrated Mr. Christopher Shrider

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas no more I could survive

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here the earthly part of William Benson lies

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

On Mr. Benson, a Linen Draper.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His painful skillful travels reached as far

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

On Mr. Martin Pringe, Merchant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As the earth the earth doth cover

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

On Captain Thomas Stone.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies upon her nuptial bed of earth

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Wrote on an Old Maid's Tomb-stone.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What we have been and what we are

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[('Quod fuit esse, quod est, quod non fuit esse quod esse')] Paraphrased in English.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Flesh is an earthern ware and frail as grass

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Pottinger, a Potter's Wife of Newcastle.

Attribution:

Hob.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O cruel death how could you be so unkind

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

Upon a Tomb-stone in the Neighbourhood of London

Attribution:

By a Lady upon her Husband.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shadrach lies here who made both sexes happy

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

On Shadrack Johnson, who kept the Wheatsheaf at Bedford, and had 24 Children by his first Wife, and 8 by his second.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Fanny lies interred ah why

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

On a Fawn.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You'd have me say here lies T U

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

Upon an old Covetous Usurer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies one foot whose death may thousands save

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

On Mr. Foot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a poet where's the great surprize

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

On a Poet.

Attribution:

Z. Z.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If wit or honesty could save

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

On True.

Attribution:

Mat. Prior, Esq.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Beneath this stone to worms a prey

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader if ever sport to thee was dear

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

On Mr. Joseph Mithcell, a famous Sportsman. On the Grave-Stone is delineated a Hare run down. From a Label at her Mouth proceeds this Motto, I have finish'd my Course.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death by a conduct strange and new

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

On one who died of the Hyp.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the lyric who with tale and song

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

On Tom D'Urfey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests Gaffer Gallop who married dame Trot

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

On Timothy Gallop.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Oldfield dies even Congreve's laurels fade

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mrs. Oldfield, the celebrated Actress.

Attribution:

Mr. S-w-d.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

Stranger behold the mighty Hector's tomb

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

On an Urn at Lord Corke's. To the Memory of the Dog Hector.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies within his tomb so calm

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

On the Clerk of a Country Parish.

Attribution:

Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Here lies John Hill

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

On a profligate Mathematician at Manchester.

Attribution:

Dr. Byron.

Attributed To:

John Byrom

First Line:

Beneath this silent stone is laid

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

On an old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a wretch midst other clay

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

On a Miser married to a Coquette.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Subdued by death here death's great herald lies

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

On an Undertaker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tread softly reader lest you wake

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

By a Lord Bristol.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a sceptic long in doubt

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

On a Libertine Gamester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies interred beneath these stones

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

On a Welchman, killed by a Fall from his Horse.

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Here lies the body of Mary Sextone

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p.87

Poem Title:

On a Woman who had three Husbands.

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Here lies the quintessence of noise and strife

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p.87

Poem Title:

On a scolding Wife, who died in her Sleep.

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Stop gentle traveller stop your horse

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pp.87-88

Poem Title:

Imitation from the Latin.

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At length my friends the feast of life is over

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p.88

Poem Title:

On the Death of an Epicure.

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Here sleep whom neither life nor love

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p.88

Poem Title:

On a Man and his Wife, buried in the same Tomb.

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Joy of her friends her parents' only pride

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p.88

Poem Title:

On the Death of a fine Girl of Nine Years old.

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What I gave I have

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p.89

Poem Title:

On Thomas Ravenscroft.

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Under this stone rests Hudibras

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p.89

Poem Title:

On Hudibras.

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S. Butler.

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Samuel Butler

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Here lies Du Vall reader if male thou art

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p.90

Poem Title:

On Du Vall.

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Here lies Leigh who vexed with a shrewd wife

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p.90

Poem Title:

On Mr. Andrew Leigh.

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More had I once more would I have

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p.90

Poem Title:

On Mr. More, of Norwich.

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Death is a fisherman the world we see

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p.91

Poem Title:

On Death.

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Here lies John a burning shining light

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p.91

Poem Title:

On John White.

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Here lies Tom Hicks's body

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p.91

Poem Title:

On Tom Hicks.

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He lived one hundred and five

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p.92

Poem Title:

On Stephen Rumbold. Born, Feb. 1582.

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Here is Elderton lying in dust

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p.92

Poem Title:

On Mr. Henry Elderton.

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Sweet stream that dost with equal pace

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p.92

Poem Title:

On a Young Lady drowned.

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Hallowed be the sabbath

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p.93

Poem Title:

On Mr. Munday.

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Here lies Jobson the D--'s godson

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p.93

Poem Title:

On -- Jobson.

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Here lieth one below this stone

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p.93

Poem Title:

On John Fraser.

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Here to a period is the scrivener come

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pp.93-94

Poem Title:

On a Scrivener.

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If death comes on as soon as breath departs

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p.94

Poem Title:

On Death.

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Lies here interred the clerk of Walton

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p.94

Poem Title:

On H. Rogerson, Clerk of Walton.

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Under this stone lies honest John Hone

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p.94

Poem Title:

On John Hone.

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Here lies old Sare worn out with care

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p.95

Poem Title:

On a Country Sexton.

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Here lieth wrapped in clay

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p.95

Poem Title:

[no title]

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I that had carried a hundred bodies brave

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p.95

Poem Title:

Upon a Sexton.

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John Palfryman which lieth here

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p.95

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lies one More and no more than he

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p.96

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lies wise and valiant dust

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p.96

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Strafford.

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John Cleveland.

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John Bell broken bow ligs under this stean

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p.96

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Johnny Bell ligeth underneath this stean

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p.96

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Beneath lie the bones of a worm eaten dame

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p.97

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Maria Maggot, Spinster, who died Nov. 6, 1743: By her own Account aged 28; by the Parish-Acocunt, 42.

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Beneath this marble stone there lies

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p.97

Poem Title:

On the Rev. Dr. Thomas Sherridan.

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Here lies interred Elizabeth Quelch

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pp.97-98

Poem Title:

On Elizabeth Quelch, of Dartford, who died the 19th of April, 1741.

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Here lies the body of Cranly Doctor Edward Haynes

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p.98

Poem Title:

On Dr. Edward Haynes.

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Stay traveller stay and peruse a sad story

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p.98

Poem Title:

An Epitaph, inscribed on a Pillar lately erected in the Midst of an old Heap of Stones, on the Side of the Highway, in the North of England.

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By the Lord of the Manor.

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When the bells be merely rung

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p.99

Poem Title:

On Robert Trappis. Robert Trappis, Goldsmith, 1526.

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Beneath this stone doth lie a lass

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p.100

Poem Title:

[no title]

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I bowled I struck I caught I stopped

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p.100

Poem Title:

Death the greatest Bowler. An Epitaph for a deceased Cricketer.

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Is Remnant gone each weeping eye

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p.100

Poem Title:

On Mr. Remnant, Undertaker.

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To free me from domestic strife

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p.100

Poem Title:

On Susan Patison.

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Fond Icarus of old with rash essay

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pp.101-103

Poem Title:

On the Death of Cadman, the famous Flyer on the Rope at Shrewsbury, A. D. 1740.

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This thing in life will raise some jealousy

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p.101

Poem Title:

Inscription on a Tomb-Stone in Bakewell Church-Yard, Derbyshire.

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Here lies Ned Stockdale honest fellow

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p.101

Poem Title:

On Mr. Edward Stockdale, Chandler.

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Dr. De La Cour

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Mr. De la Court

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Here lies the body of Joan Carthew

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p.103

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on a Tombstone in Cornwall

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Let this small monument record the name

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p.103

Poem Title:

The Epitaph of the Unfortunate Cadman, engraved on his Monument.

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Hard was thy fate alas unhappy maid

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p.104

Poem Title:

On a young Lady who died for Love.

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Here lies honest Ned

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p.104

Poem Title:

On a Tombstone in Cornwall.

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Warned by my fate be ever on your guard

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p.104

Poem Title:

An Epitaph to the Memory of an honest Carter, who was killed by his Waggon in 1760.

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No longer for my loss deplore

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p.105

Poem Title:

On a Woman who used to Cook and Brew for Families.

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Nott a maid

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p.105

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Nott.

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Nott born Nott died Nott christened Nott begot

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p.105

Poem Title:

Another.

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Povey expert can draw your teeth tis true

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p.105

Poem Title:

On Mr. Povey, a Tooth-Drawer.

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Here lies a true maid deformed and old

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p.106

Poem Title:

On an Old Maid.

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Here lies Joan of arc the which

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p.106

Poem Title:

On Joan of Arc.

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Here lies the body of Martha Dias

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p.106

Poem Title:

Another.

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From gout and pox and plague and woman free

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p.107

Poem Title:

On Nicholas Daniel, Esq.

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Here lies one believe it if you can

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p.107

Poem Title:

On a Lawyer.

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Our bodies are like shoes which off we cast

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p.107

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Two grandmothers with their two granddaughters

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p.107

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Death is a pursuivant with eagle's wings

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p.108

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lies one who for medicines would not give

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p.108

Poem Title:

On a Miser.

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Here Tim the Tapster lies who drew good beer

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p.108

Poem Title:

On Timothy Mum, Tapster.

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Mortals your eyes forbear to close

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p.108

Poem Title:

On Rose, a House-Dog, and Pink, a Lap-Dog.

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She wedded to live honest but when tried

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p.108

Poem Title:

On Kitty Fisher's Dying soon after she was Married.

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We all must die alas and life's a bubble

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p.108

Poem Title:

On a Blind Man.

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Here lies the body of Ralph Johns who lived a bond life

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p.109

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lies the butt of all his betters

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p.109

Poem Title:

On Dr. Goldsmith.

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King of the garden blooming rose

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p.109

Poem Title:

On Pompey, a Lap-Dog.

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As by the house grim death did drudge on

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p.110

Poem Title:

On William Gudgeon, a Fisherman.

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Here lies Anne Carter

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p.110

Poem Title:

On a Collar-maker's Wife.

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Here lies John Trott by trade a bum

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p.110

Poem Title:

On a Bailiff.

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Here lies old Thomas Freeman

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p.110

Poem Title:

On one Deaf and Blind.

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Here lies the body of Sir John Guise

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p.110

Poem Title:

On Sir John Guise.

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Who killed Kildare who dared Kildare to kill

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p.110

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Kildare.

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Here lies Dr Evans

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p.111

Poem Title:

[no title]

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This grave o grief hath swallowed up with wide and open mouth

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p.111

Poem Title:

On Richard Brooke.

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Beneath this stean lies our dear child who's gone from we

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p.112

Poem Title:

In a Church-Yard, in Wiltshire.

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He died of a quinsy

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p.112

Poem Title:

On a Dr. of Divinity at Binsey, near Oxford.

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This was a man who labouring hard did break his neck in twain

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p.112

Poem Title:

[('Homo fuit quondam; laborando qui fregit Collum')] Thus Translated.

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Under this stone lies here

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p.112

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lieth Walter Garden come out of the west

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p.113

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Sickness and death shook hands and vowed to kill

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p.113

Poem Title:

On Sir Thomas Fleetwood, in Lewkner Church, 1625.

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Underneath here

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p.113

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Ere my work's done my thread is cut

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pp.114-115

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Catharine Hall, of Crutched Friers, (esteemed the best Tambour-Worker in Europe) who died Aug. 7. 1773: inscribed on her Tomb-stone by her own Direction.

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Here lies out little baby Nancy

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p.114

Poem Title:

[H. S. E. ('Anna Filiola THomae et Mariae Rivers')] Translated thus.

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Here lies the body of John a Treen

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p.114

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here Thomas Saffin lies interred ah why

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p.114

Poem Title:

[no title]

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By the chance of the die

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p.115

Poem Title:

On Mr. Thomas Hammond, Parish-Clerk of Ashford in Kent, who was a good Man, and an Excellent Backgammon-player, and was succeeded in Office by a Mr. Trice.

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Here lies John White who day by day

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p.115

Poem Title:

On John White.

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Here lies a friend for whom we weep

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p.116

Poem Title:

On Elizabeth Pickard.

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Here lies Mrs Buff who had money enough

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p.116

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Buff.

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Here lies the vine

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p.116

Poem Title:

On Mary Williamson.

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Matthew Fairhurst of Bold was buried here

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pp.116-117

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here silenced now by voice of death

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pp.117-118

Poem Title:

On Robert Coxe, Town-Crier of Northampton, 1773.

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Underneath this stone

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p.117

Poem Title:

On John Newis, Aet. 18.

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Banes among stanes do lie fou still

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p.118

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here Henry Raper lies in dust

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p.118

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Here lie John Terry and his wife

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p.118

Poem Title:

On John Terry, who died April 30, 1736, Aet. 87; and Patience Terry, who died October 4, 1732, Aet. 77.

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If royal virtues ever crowned a crown

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p.132

Poem Title:

On the same.

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Spain's rod Rome's ruin Netherlands relief

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p.133

Poem Title:

[no title]

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From life's superfluous cares enlarged

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p.169

Poem Title:

On Abraham Cowley.

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Addison.

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Joseph Addison

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At length thy soul has reached the land of peace

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p.237

Poem Title:

[no title]

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