A select collection of epitaphs carefully collected from the tombstones of the most eminent personages in England Scotland and Ireland [T131017] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 924
- Publication Date:
- 1759
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T131017
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW103190123
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- A | SELECT COLLECTION | OF | EPITAPHS: | Carefully collected from the Tombstones | OF THE | MOST EMINENT PERSONAGES | IN | England, Scotland and Ireland. | To which are added many | That are celebrated for their Oddity and | Quaintness of Expression. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | Printed for JOHN DEATH, at the Sign of the Hour- | Glass and Skull, in Church-Yard Alley, and | sold by all the Parish-Clerks and Undertakers. | M DCC LIX.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Behold the end of all the noise, | The cares, the fears, the pains, the joys, | That wait on mortal man: | In this concise epitome, | In[/i] ONE SAD VIEW [i]the whole you see:- | Deny it if you can.[/i] ANON.
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- Imprint: probably false.
- Comments:
- Contents: only verse epitaphs/inscriptions have been recorded. QUERY: do we need a genre: collection of epitaphs?
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Dedication to 'Mr. Deathwatch' signed 'Kill-Care'.
- Publisher:
- John Death
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Admired beloved lamented infancy
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies the learned Saville's heir
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- On the Lady Sidly.
- Attribution:
- Edm. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- A maid near eighteen we have laid in this green
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- St. John's. at Hackney. Peninnah Juckes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As nurses strive to bed their babes to hie
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- St. Leonard's, Bromley.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies little -- a yard deeper more
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hither no tears but garlands bring
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- St. James's, Clerkenwell, London.
- Attribution:
- M. S.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thornton of Thornton in Yorkshire bred
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- St. Giles's in the Fields, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies the corpse of Lady Ann
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- St. Peter's Norwich.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In dawn of life she wisely sought her god
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- On Miss ****.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lie light upon him earth though he
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- On Sir John Vanbrugh, the Architect.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- Stanton-Harcourt. On the Hon. Simon Harcourt, Only son of the Lord Chancellor Harcourt. 1720
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- The maid that owns this humble stone
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why look ye do ye see now who lies here
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- -- Cumberland.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wouldst thou hear what man can say
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- On Elizabeth, L-- H--.
- Attribution:
- B. Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- Here lies one who was born and cried
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Peculiar blessings bear the shortest date
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unmarked by trophies of the great and vain
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- *****.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Contented with an old estate
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Waller on Sir George Speke.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Concealed from care beneath this marble lies
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Here lies the Body of Christopher Henley, late of Ratcliff; deceased July 2, 1693.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nigh to the river Ouse in York's fair city
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- St. Mary's York.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lieth old Cromwell
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Enough cold stone suffice her long loved name
- Page No:
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- Mrs. Margaret Hill, died June, 25, 1731. Aged XXXVII.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies J H in expectation of the day of judgement
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies the corpse of William Prynne
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- S. Butler.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- Interred beneath this marble stone
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Hail happy pair predestined long to prove
- Page No:
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Maddox a Dancing-Master, and his Wife.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Reader consider well how poor a span
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies one More and no more than he
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- St. Bennet's Paul's Wharfe, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lieth N a man of fame
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O cruel death why wert thou so unkind
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- --, ---.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To say an angel here interred doth lie
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If wise amazed depart this holy grave
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Giles Fletcher.
- Attributed To:
- Giles Fletcher
- First Line:
- I'll not offend thee with a vain tear more
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- On Sir John Roe.
- Attribution:
- Ben Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- Enough and leave the rest to fame
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- A. Marvell.
- Attributed To:
- Andrew Marvell
- First Line:
- My sledge and hammer lie reclined
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- Lincoln Church. In memory of David Fletcher, Smith to this Church, who died Feb. 14. 1744. Aged 48 Years.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies a man made Spain and Holland shake
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- On Admiral Blake.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Below this marble monument is laid
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Bath Abbey.
- Attribution:
- John Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Here lies old Hobson death hath broke his girt
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- 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 one who did most truly prove
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- On the same.
- Attribution:
- John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Here lies interred under this stone
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Rennesley, Hertf.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hushed be each ruder breath within this shrine
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Verses making part of an Epitaph to be engraved on the monument of a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- He that hath such acuteness and such wit
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Francis Beaumont.
- Attribution:
- Bishop Corbet.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Corbett
- First Line:
- Here lies father and mother and sister and I
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- Nettlebed, Oxfordshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This rich marble doth interr
- Page No:
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- On the Marchioness of Winchester.
- Attribution:
- John Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Here lies the body of poor Frank Rowe
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Selbey, Yorkshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here two young Danish soldiers lie
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- St. Mary's Beverley, Y.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Short was my stay in this vain world
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- St Peter's, Leeds. Thomas Crabtree, 1680.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lieth old Beck who sold fruit who sold fruit at the cross
- Page No:
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Turn hither man within this tomb
- Page No:
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- On Henry Fielding, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Had cruel death whose harvest is each hour
- Page No:
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- On a young Lady.
- Attribution:
- Em. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- Em. Collins
- First Line:
- If ever paerent ever child was dear
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on a young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stop passenger until my life you've read
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- On Margaret Scott.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O born to bless and die and die in temper mild
- Page No:
- p.33
- Poem Title:
- St. Thomas's Sarum.
- Attribution:
- R. H.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone --'s dust is laid
- Page No:
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis not the tomb in marble polished high
- Page No:
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- Intended to be placed on a stone in the church of Bromham, in the county of Wilts.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Hopkins dies a thousand lights attend
- Page No:
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here Congreve lies who too untimely fell
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- On Miss Kitty Congreve.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Near his paternal seat here buried lies
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- On the R. H. Thomas Winnington, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Said to be wrote by Sir C. H. W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
- First Line:
- Stay passenger and shed a tear
- Page No:
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- Old Gray Friers, Edinburgh.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies the body of Daniel Saul
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- St. Dunstan's Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Musician and logician eke
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- York Cathedral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This peaceful tomb doth now contain
- Page No:
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- On Robert Huntingdon, of Stanton Harcourt, Esq. and Robert, his son.
- Attribution:
- Wm. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Under this marble or under this sill
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here fast asleep lies Saunders Scott
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ben. Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- To me twas given to die to thee tis given
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- St. Peter's, Norwich.
- Attribution:
- These three lines are by Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Beneath this verdant hillock lies
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Demar, who died July the 6th, 1720.
- Attribution:
- Dean Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- They were so one that none could say
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- On a Husband and Wife.
- Attribution:
- Paul Jermin Foley.
- Attributed To:
- Paul Jermin Foley
- First Line:
- John Sherry lies here whose fixed abode
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- On an old Hawker found dead in the Highway.
- Attribution:
- J. Kirk.
- Attributed To:
- J. Kirk
- First Line:
- Stay bachelor if you have wit
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Aaron Hill.
- Attributed To:
- Aaron Hill
- First Line:
- Concord is conquered in this urn there lies
- Page No:
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- On William Lawes, a Musician, killed at the Siege of Westchester.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies a head that often ached
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- 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.42
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Receiver of this college rents he paid
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- Gloucester Cathedral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go fair example of untainted youth
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Sherborne, Dorsetshire.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- How apt are men to lie how dare they say
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Aaron Hill.
- Attributed To:
- Aaron Hill
- First Line:
- A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- On Sir William Trumbal, one of the principal Secretaries of State to King William III. who, having resigned his place, did in his retirement at East Hamsted, in Berks, 1716.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here lies the last King Charles of Spain
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here snug in grave my wife doth lie
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lieth John Cruker a maker of bellows
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- J. Hoskines.
- Attributed To:
- J. Hoskines
- First Line:
- Death judgment heaven and hell
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- Written by Dr. Trapp for his own Tombstone.
- Attribution:
- Written by Dr. Trapp
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Trapp
- First Line:
- From life's superfluous cares enlarged
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Tis fit the English reader should be told
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- On Master Howard, Son to Lord Viscount Andover.
- Attribution:
- E. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Was rhetoric on the lips of sorrow hung
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- On a young Clergyman at St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet.
- Attribution:
- C. Smart.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Smart
- First Line:
- Here Thomas Saffin lies interred ah why
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- St. Dunstan's Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath these horrors of a tomb
- Page No:
- pp.53-55
- Poem Title:
- On William the Third.
- Attribution:
- Isaac Watts.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
- First Line:
- Reader beware immoderate love of pelf
- Page No:
- p.55
- Poem Title:
- On a Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever treadeth on this stone
- Page No:
- p.55
- Poem Title:
- St. Dunstan's, Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Equal as age advanced her virtues grew
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Time was I stood where thou dost now
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- On a grave-stone near the ruins of an old church near Broughton-Green, by Northampton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies John Duke of Marlborough
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- written by Dr. Evans of Oxford.
- Attributed To:
- Abel Evans
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone fair ladies lies
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here he lies beside a witch
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies wise and valiant dust
- Page No:
- p.57-57
- Poem Title:
- On the Earl of Strafford.
- Attribution:
- John Cleveland.
- Attributed To:
- John Cleveland
- First Line:
- Free from this dream of life this maze of care
- Page No:
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- J. D. Cotton.
- Attributed To:
- J. D. Cotton
- First Line:
- Yes we have lived one pang and then we part
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- On Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. Who died in Exile in Paris, 1732.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none
- Page No:
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Aikman, and his Son, who were both interred in the same grave.
- Attribution:
- David Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- Think not by rigorous judgment seized
- Page No:
- p.60
- Poem Title:
- Stanton Harcourt.
- Attribution:
- written by Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- This Sheffield raised the sacred dust below
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy relics Rowe to this sad shrine we trust
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope's ... Epitaph on Rowe
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- At Dryden's tomb inscribed with Sheffield's name
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- *******.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir G. Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Here lies John Flin
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- 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:
- Three poets in three distant ages born
- Page No:
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- The world's a city full of crooked streets
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- Stoke, near Guildford.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath the droppings of this spout
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- Allerton, Nottinghamshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Under this stone lies honest Syl
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- On a Letter-Founder at Oxford.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Philips whose touch harmonious could remove
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- On Claudius Phillips.
- Attribution:
- S. Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- On this marble drop a tear
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mrs. Monck.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Monck
- First Line:
- He first deceased she for a little tried
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- On Sir Albertus Moreton and his Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here fast asleep upon his back
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- On J. B--d, Esq; late Alderman of D--.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two virtuous hands one truth expressing tongue
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- Abbey-Church, Edinburgh. To the Memory of Anna Fowler.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis Otwell Hill a holy hill
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- On Doctor Otwell Hill.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here's Delia's buried at fourscore
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- H. Jacobs.
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- A body chaste a virtuous mind a temperate tongue an humble heart
- Page No:
- p.72
- Poem Title:
- A true Report of Mistres Isabell Harington, sometime of her Majesties privie chamber
- Attribution:
- written by a credible person, that was well acquainted with her conditions
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lieth a midwife brought to bed
- Page No:
- p.72
- Poem Title:
- Peterborough Cathedral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good friend for Jesus sake forbear
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- On the grave of Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here rests a woman good without pretence
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- St. Margaret's, Westminster.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- From Orcade isles to Egypt's coast
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hil. Jacob.
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- Of manners gentle of affection mild
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey. On Mr. Gay.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Pensive peruse and keep wherever thou art
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Henceforth be every tender tear suppressed
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- On Master Newbery.
- Attribution:
- C. Smart.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Smart
- First Line:
- All you that told lies of my mother and me
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- Northleigh, Oxfordshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- W. Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- For feats in Flandria's plains renowned
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- St. Bride's, London
- Attribution:
- Beckingham.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Beckingham
- First Line:
- Here lies a baron bold take care
- Page No:
- p.77
- Poem Title:
- On Lord Balmerino.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies John Mills who over hills
- Page No:
- p.77
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- M.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath in the dust the mouldy old crust
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever you are tread softly I entreat you
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Here lies Randoph Peter, of Oriel, the Eater.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath a sleeping infant lies
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Wisbech.
- Attribution:
- S. Wesley.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Wesley
- First Line:
- Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- On the Parson of -- Parish, in --.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here old -- lies
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- On ****
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever knows or hears whose sacred bones
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- On Mrs. G.
- Attribution:
- A. Broome.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Brome
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone lies the old Katherine Gray
- Page No:
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Weeping over thy sacred urn
- Page No:
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- On the Earl of Halifax.
- Attribution:
- Ambrose Philips.
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- Ask not who ended here his span
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dean Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Ye sacred spirits while your friends distressed
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- On a Father, Mother, and Brother.
- Attribution:
- -- Pitt.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- He thrusts like lightening flew but skilful death
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- St. Dunstan's in the West, London. Alexander Layton, Master of Defence, 1679.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O thou whose eyes were closed in death's pale night
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- On a Child killed by procured Abortion.
- Attribution:
- ***.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O lord my saviour and heavenly maker
- Page No:
- p.83
- Poem Title:
- Narden.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well then poor G-- lies under ground
- Page No:
- p.83
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dean Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Great good and just could I but rate
- Page No:
- p.83
- Poem Title:
- On K. Charles the 1st.
- Attribution:
- Montrose.
- Attributed To:
- James Graham
- First Line:
- Briton behold if patriot worth be dear
- Page No:
- p.84
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Vain Greece consult no more or haughty Rome
- Page No:
- p.84
- Poem Title:
- On King William III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sons of industry learn hence to know
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- ***
- Attribution:
- *****.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of gentle blood his parents only treasure
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Rogers, jun. of Gloucestershire.
- Attribution:
- J. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Kneller by heaven and not a master taught
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- Westminster-Abbey.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Beneath this smooth stone by the bone of his bone
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If charity commends a wife
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Haddington, in Scotland.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On me perhaps in gay pursuits employed
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Designed by the Author, ****, for himself.
- Attribution:
- ****
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Had kings a power to lend their subjects breath
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- St. Mary Magdalen's London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Reader wonder think it none
- Page No:
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- On Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of K. James.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why start the case is yours or will be soon
- Page No:
- pp.88-89
- Poem Title:
- On a Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Blush not ye fair to own me but be wise
- Page No:
- pp.89-90
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What beauty would have lovely styled
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ben. Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- This plain floor
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Crashaw.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Crashaw
- First Line:
- Reader stay | And if I had no more to say
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ben Jonson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- This modest stone which few vain marbles can
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Posterity hath many fates bemoaned
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- On Sir Robert Cotton, the Antiquary.
- Attribution:
- T. Randolph.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Randolph
- First Line:
- Children are snatched away sometimes
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- On the young Lord Mount Cashel.
- Attribution:
- Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Here lieth Robin Masters faith twas hard
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- On an Undertaker.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- -- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- If humour wit and honesty could save
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- St. Clement's Danes, London.
- Attribution:
- S. Duck.
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Duck
- First Line:
- Here lies the body of honest Tom Page
- Page No:
- p.94
- Poem Title:
- Norwich Cathedral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Take heed o good traveller and do not tread hard
- Page No:
- p.94
- 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.94
- Poem Title:
- Peterborough Cathedral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Heroes and kings your distance keep
- Page No:
- p.94
- Poem Title:
- For one who would not be buried in Westminster-Abbey.
- Attribution:
- A Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
- Page No:
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Stand fair encountered both grave sovereign time
- Page No:
- pp.99-101
- Poem Title:
- Christ Church, London. Time's triumph on the death of Mr. Robert Rogers, (who deceased anno 1601,) in the manner of a dialogue between Time, Death and Rogers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tread gently reader near the dust
- Page No:
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Stepney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Under this stone
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- Norwich Cathedral
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In her whose relics mark this sacred earth
- Page No:
- pp.102-103
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- R. Savage.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Savage
- First Line:
- From pomp in mind and meanness in estate
- Page No:
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- On Richard Savage, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here she lies whose spotless fame
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- The Temple, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here William Inglott organist doth rest
- Page No:
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Norwich Cathedral
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone lies Trotplaid John
- Page No:
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Withyam, Sussex. On Charles Earl of Dorset.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- If it be lawful for a rural pen
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- St. Edmund's, Sarum. Richardus Vennard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Not far remote lies a lamented fair
- Page No:
- pp.106-107
- Poem Title:
- Aldersgate, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies Charles Ca'ndish let the marble stone
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Edm. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone the world's just wonder lies
- Page No:
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- On Doctor Keil, the Astronomer.
- Attribution:
- Christopher Pitt.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- I lived in darkness such the all seeing fate
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady that was blind long before she died.
- Attribution:
- J. B.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stretched underneath this stone is laid
- Page No:
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- Frome, Somersetshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beauty itself lies here in whom alone
- Page No:
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- T. Randolph.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Randolph
- First Line:
- Our Holt alas hath stint his hold
- Page No:
- p.110
- Poem Title:
- All-Hallows, Staining, London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What so thou hast of nature or of arts
- Page No:
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
- Page No:
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dean Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- To the dark and silent tomb
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- On an Infant.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy relics Rowe to this sad shrine we trust
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Thou who surveyst these walls with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- On Sir Thomas Hanmer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This unambitious stone preserves a name
- Page No:
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- On Sir James Sooty.
- Attribution:
- H.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stephen and time are now both even
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- On little Stephen, a noted fiddler in Suffolk.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Under this stone lies virtue youth
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- On Sir George Speke.
- Attribution:
- Edm. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Reader stand back dull not this marble shrine
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- Oakham, Rutlandshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If modest youth with cool reflection crowned
- Page No:
- p.120
- Poem Title:
- Westminster Abbey. Edmund, D. of Buckingham. Died in the nineteenth year of his age, 1735.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
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