Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]

DMI number:

953

Publication Date:

1757

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T27439

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3302442700

Full Title:

SELECT and REMARKABLE | EPITAPHS | ON | ILLUSTRIOUS and OTHER PERSONS, | IN | SEVERAL PARTS of EUROPE. | WITH | TRANSLATIONS | Of such as are in | LATIN and Foreign LANGUAGES. | AND | Compendious Accounts of the DECEASED | Their LIVES and WORKS | [Rule] | By JOHN HACKETT, | Late Commoner of BALIOL-COLLEGE, OXFORD. | [Rule] | [Epigraph] | [ Rule] In TWO VOLUMES | [Rule] | VOL. I. | [Double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. OSBORNE, and J. SHIPTON, in GRAY'S-INN. | [Short rule] | M.DCC.LVII.

Epigraph:

Life's but a walking Shadow, a poor Play'r That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; it is a Tale Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing.--------- Shakespeare, Macbeth &c.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Other matter:

Dedication: 2pp.

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Editor:

John Hackett

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

J Shipton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

Thomas II Osborne

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

As doctors give physic by way of prevention

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Intended by Mr. Prior for his own Monument.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Under this stone as here doth lie a corpse sometime of fame

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

Tiddeswall, Derbyshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Christ is to me as life on earth

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

Round the Verge of the Stone.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If birth illustrious or if beauty's pride

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Westmninster-Abbey. [...] The Verses in English are as follow:

Attribution:

H. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Receiver of this college rents he paid

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

Gloucester Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

William Lambe so sometime was my name

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

St. Faith's, under St. Paul's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I pray you all that receive bread and pence

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

St. Faith's, under St. Paul's.

Attribution:

William Lambe

Attributed To:

William Lambe

First Line:

Go fair example of untainted youth

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

Sherborne, Dorsetshire. On the Monument of the Honourable Robert Digby, and of his Sister Mary, erected by their Father the Lord Digby, Anno 1727.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Look in this vault and search it well

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

St. Mary's, Warwick.

Attribution:

Jervase Clifton.

Attributed To:

Gervas Clifton

First Line:

I lived in darkness such the all seeing fate

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

On a Lady that was blind long before she died.

Attribution:

J. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our Holt alas has stint his hold

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

All-Hallows, Staining, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death and the king did as it were contend

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

On Sirt Antony Denny.

Attribution:

Henry Earl of Surrey.

Attributed To:

Henry Howard

First Line:

How apt are men to lie how dare they say

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

The husband speaking truly of his wife

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Titchfield, Hants.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

On Sir William Trumbal, One of the Principal Secretaries of State to King William III who, having resigned his Place, died in his Retirement at East Hamsted, in Berks, 1716.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here lieth wrapped in clay

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

St. Michael's, Crooked-Lane.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here snug in grave my wife doth lie

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

Old Gray Friers, Edinburgh. [...] Which may be translated:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How how who is here

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

Doncaster, in Yorkshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It that I gife I haif

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stephen and time are now both even

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On little Stephen, a noted Fiddler in Suffolk.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From life's superfluous cares enlarged

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

In English thus:

Attribution:

Mr. Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

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

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis fit the English reader should be told

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On Master Howard, Son to Lord Viscount ANdover.

Attribution:

E. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Richard Nordell lieth buried here

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

St. Edmund's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The honourable merchant John Pickering

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

St. Lawrence Jewry, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Was rhetoric on the lips of sorrow hung

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

On a young Clergyman at St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet.

Attribution:

C. Smart.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

First Line:

All ye that pass by on this pillar cast eye

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

St. Alban's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I pye the Crysten man that hast g'ce to see this

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

Islington.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the tomb in marble polished high

Page No:

pp.50-51

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.51

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Beneath this stone --'s dust is laid

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Congreve lies who too untimely fell

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On Miss Kitty Congreve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why do the tuneful chorus join

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey [...] In English thus:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Near his paternal seat here buried lies

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

On the R. H. Thomas Winnington, Esq;

Attribution:

Said to be by Sir C. H. W.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams

First Line:

An angel saw and wondering cried less fair

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay passenger and shed a tear

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

Old Gray Friers, Edinburgh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Boreas' blasts and Neptune's waves

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this marble or under this sill

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Musician and logician eke

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

York Cathedral. [...] Which may be thus translated:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here fast asleep lies Saunders Scott

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Daniel Saul

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This peaceful tomb does now contain

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

On Robert Huntingdon, of Stanten Harcourt, Esq; and Robert, his Son.

Attribution:

Wm. Congreve.

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

As the earth the earth doth cover

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

St. Mary's, Rotherhith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Underneath this sable hearse

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

To me twas given to die to thee tis given

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

St. Peter's, Norwich.

Attribution:

by Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On Mr. Demar, who died July the 6th, 1720.

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

John Sherry lies here whose fixed abode

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On an old Hawker found dead in the Highway.

Attribution:

J. Kirk

Attributed To:

J. Kirk

First Line:

Though as Hardwicke esquire

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

In the Parish-Church of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay bachelor if you have wit

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Concord is conquered in this urn there lies

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On London's toure in one place or anoder

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

by Thomas Slanley, Bishop of Man,

Attributed To:

Thomas Stanley

First Line:

They were so one that none could say

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

On a Husband and Wife.

Attribution:

Paul Jermin Foley.

Attributed To:

Paul Jermin Foley

First Line:

Here lies a head that often ached

Page No:

pp.81-82

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.85

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Garret some called him but that was too high

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

This is upon a Stone under the Grocers Arms, in St. Saviour's Church, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here he lies beside a witch

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis Otwell Hill a holy hill

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

Lincoln Cathedral. [...] Which I think may be thus Englished:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Samuel Wesley

Attributed To:

Samuel Wesley

First Line:

Death judgment heaven and hell think christians think

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

WRitten by Dr. Trapp for his own Tombstone.

Attribution:

Dr. Trapp

Attributed To:

Joseph Trapp

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies Trotplaid John

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In parliament a Burgess Cole was placed

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

St. Margaret's, Westminster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone fair ladies lies

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jesu that suffered bitter passion and pain

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

Allhallows the Less, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great good and just could I but rate

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

On K. Charles the 1st.

Attribution:

Montrose.

Attributed To:

James Graham

First Line:

Here's Delia's buried at fourscore

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

H. Jacob.

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Here lies wise and valiant dust

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Strafford.

Attribution:

John Cleveland.

Attributed To:

John Cleveland

First Line:

Not far remote lies a lamented fair

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

Aldersgate, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Passed the pilgrimage of this present life

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

St. Botolph's, Lincoln.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes we have lived one pang and then we part

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

On Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. Who died in Exlie at Paris 1732.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Free from this dream of life this maze of care

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. D. Cotton.

Attributed To:

J. D. Cotton

First Line:

Dear to the wise and good dispraised by none

Page No:

pp.108-109

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.108

Poem Title:

Stanton Harcourt.

Attribution:

by Mr. Pope,

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

This Sheffield raised the sacred dust below

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy relics Rowe to this sad shrine we trust

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

Mr. Pope's

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

At Dryden's tomb inscribed with Sheffield's name

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a youth who fell a sacrifice

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

*******.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Lucy Lyttelton, Daughter of Hugh Forescue, Esq;

Attribution:

Sir G. Lyttelton.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

No trust to metals nor to marbles when

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

-- -- Herrick.

Attributed To:

Robert Herrick

First Line:

The world's a city full of crooked streets

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

Stoke, near Guildford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Flin

Page No:

p.115

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:

Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

The following was intended for his Monument by Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

More than his name were less twould seem to fear

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Beneath the droppings of this spout

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

Allerton, Nottinghamshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever knows or hears whose sacred bones

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

On Mrs. G.

Attribution:

A. Broome.

Attributed To:

Alexander Brome

First Line:

All an accomplished body lends mankind

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

On Henry Jernegan, Esquire.

Attribution:

A. Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Every Christian seeketh to extoll

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

St. Lawrence Poultney, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a babe that only cried

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

Peterborough Cahtedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now take thy rest dear soul in thy cold bed

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

Totteridge, in Hertfortshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth graven under this stone

Page No:

pp.125-126

Poem Title:

St. Antony's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If you will the truth have

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

St. Mary, Low-Layton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philips whose touch harmonious could remove

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

On Claudius Phillips.

Attribution:

S. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Under this stone do lie six children small

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

Parish Church of Leedes, Yorkshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone lies honest Syl

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

On a Letter-Pounder at Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Duke of Marlborough

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

written by Dr. Evans of Oxford.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

On this marble drop a tear

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mrs. Monk.

Attributed To:

Mary Monck

First Line:

This unambitious stone preserves a name

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

On Sir James Sooty.

Attribution:

H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Equal as age advanced her virtues grew

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the bells be merely rung

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

St. Leonard's, Foster-Lane. Robert Trappis, Goldsmith, 1526.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here fast asleep upon his back

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I Mary Pawson lie below sleeping

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

St. Margaret's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two virtuous hands one truth expressing tongue

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

Abbey Church, Edinburgh. To the Memory of Anna Fowler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Charles Ca'ndish let the marble stone

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Edm. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Here lieth Humphrey Gosling of London vintner

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

St. John's, Westminster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Robert Lee esquire his body is buried here

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

Eastwick, Herefordshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of gentle blood his parents only treasure

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

On Mr. Rogers, jun. of Gloucestershire.

Attribution:

J. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Lo here in earth my body lies

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

Litchfield Cathedral.

Attribution:

Geo Bollen, lat Deane of this Church who made his own Epitaph, viz.

Attributed To:

George Bollen

First Line:

Kneller by heaven and not a master taught

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

Wesminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

O god the father of heaven which art the everlasting light

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

St. Bennet Fink's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sons of industry learn hence to know

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

* * *

Attribution:

* * * * * *.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sacred relics which your marble keep

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

J. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

He first deceased she for a little tried

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

On Sir Albertus Moreton and his Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Palmers all our faders were

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

Snothland, In the Diocese of Rochester. Here lyeth * * * * Palmer of Otford, Esquire * * * *

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Time was I stood where thou dost now

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

On a Gravestone in the Ruins of an old Church near Broughton-Green, by Northampton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While sacred bard far worlds thy works proclaim

Page No:

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey. [...] The Epitaph is in English thus:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Renowned Spenser lie a thought more nigh

Page No:

pp.148

Poem Title:

On Shakespear.

Attribution:

Dr. Donne.

Attributed To:

John Donne

First Line:

My Shakespeare rise I will not lodge thee by

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

On Shakespear.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Statesman yet friend to truth in soul sincere

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

This Epitaph is taken from Mr. Pope's Epistle to Mr. Addison, occasioned by his Dialogues on Medals;

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

How lost this pomp of verse how vain the hope

Page No:

pp.149-150

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill, Esq;

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Weep with me all you that read

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

On S. P. a Child of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Here lies a proof that wit can never be

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey. Mrs. Aphra Behn, died April 16. 1689.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone the world's just wonder lies

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p.151

Poem Title:

On Doctor Keil, the Astronomer.

Attribution:

Christopher Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

On me perhaps in gay pursuits employed

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p.153

Poem Title:

Designed by the Author, * * * *, for himself.

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* * * *

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind

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p.157

Poem Title:

[no title.]

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

If chastity commends a wife

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p.166

Poem Title:

Haddington, in Scotland.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty itself lies here in whom alone

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p.166

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

T. Randolph.

Attributed To:

Thomas Randolph

First Line:

Rare virtues feature every grace

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p.167

Poem Title:

Baginton, Warwickshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath these horrors of a tomb

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pp.167-169

Poem Title:

On William the Third.

Attribution:

Isaac Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Here lies the subject of immortal praise

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p.173

Poem Title:

Epitaph written for Sir William.

Attribution:

Antony Wood.

Attributed To:

Anthony Wood

First Line:

Thy relics Rowe to this sad shrine we trust

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p.174

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Nicholas Rowe, Esq;

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride

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p.175

Poem Title:

Withyam, Sussex. On Charles Earl of Dorset.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

A body chaste a virtuous mind a temperate tongue an humble heart

Page No:

p.176

Poem Title:

A true Report of Mistres Isabell Harington, sometime of her Majesties privie Chamber

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written by a credible person, that was well acquainted with her conditions

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Not attributed

First Line:

In the grave the wicked cannot oppress

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p.177

Poem Title:

St. Luke's, London.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests a woman good without pretence

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p.178

Poem Title:

St. Margaret's, Westminster.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Good friend for Jesus sake forbear

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p.181

Poem Title:

On the Grave of Shakspeare, at Stratford upon Avon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones

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p.182

Poem Title:

On the Grave of Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon.

Attribution:

Milton,

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

England Netherland the heavens and the arts

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p.191

Poem Title:

St. Paul's Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pray for the souls of John Caxton and Joan

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p.192

Poem Title:

In the Church of St. Elphege, Canterbury.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of manners gentle of affection mild

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pp.192-193

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey. On Mr. Gay.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Life is a jest and all things show it

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p.193

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Here lieth a midwife brought to bed

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p.194

Poem Title:

Peterborough Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader behold the pious pattern here

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p.194

Poem Title:

Lincoln Cathedral. To the deathless Memory of the Revd. Father Mr. William Cole

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First Line:

From Orcade isles to Egypt's coast

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pp.194-195

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Hil. Jacob.

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Come ladies you that would appear

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pp.195-196

Poem Title:

St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

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First Line:

Here Thomas Saffin lies interred ah why

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p.195

Poem Title:

St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

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First Line:

I was as ye be now in dust and clay

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pp.196-197

Poem Title:

Sittingbourn.

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First Line:

O ye good people that here go this way

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p.196

Poem Title:

St. Elphege, Canterbury.

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First Line:

O lord my saviour and heavenly maker

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p.197

Poem Title:

Narden.

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First Line:

Pensive peruse and keep wherever thou art

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p.199

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

[no title]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Henceforth be every tender tear suppressed

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p.200

Poem Title:

On Master Newberry.

Attribution:

C. Smart.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

First Line:

Why in such thoughtless haste oh stay and know

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p.200

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Aaron Hill

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

The span of my days measured here I rest

Page No:

p.201

Poem Title:

On Sir Thomas Overbury.

Attribution:

By Himself. [i.e. Sir Thomas Overbury.]

Attributed To:

Sir Thomas Overbury

First Line:

Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved

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p.204

Poem Title:

W. Shakespear.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

For feats in Flandria's plains renowned

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p.204

Poem Title:

St. Bride's, London.

Attribution:

Beckingham.

Attributed To:

Charles Beckingham

First Line:

Weaver who laboured in a learned strain

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pp.206-207

Poem Title:

St. James's, Clerkenwell. [...] Upon a very worthy Friend, Master John Weaver, a learned Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Farewell good lady and sister dear

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pp.207-208

Poem Title:

Howard's Chapel, St. Mary's, Lambeth.

Attribution:

By thy most bounden Brother, Henry Lord Stafford.

Attributed To:

Henry Stafford

First Line:

Madoc wyf mwydic ei wedd

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p.210

Poem Title:

Found at Mexico.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a baron bold take care

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p.211

Poem Title:

On Lord Balmerino.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Mills who over hills

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p.211

Poem Title:

[no title.]

Attribution:

M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever you are tread softly I entreat you

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p.212

Poem Title:

Here lies Randoph Peter, of Oriel, the Eater.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath in the dust the mouldy old crust

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p.213

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

His thrusts like lightening flew but skilful death

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p.213

Poem Title:

ST. Dunstan's in the West, London. Alexander Layton, Master of Defence, 1679.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Vere sought death armed with his sword and shield

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p.213

Poem Title:

On Sir Francis Vere.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Do pious marble let thy reader know

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p.214

Poem Title:

Michael Draiton, Esq; a Memorable Poet of this Age exchanged his Lawrel for a Crown of Glorye, 1631.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Stretched underneath this stone is laid

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p.215

Poem Title:

Frome, Somersetshire.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies the old Katherine Gray

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p.217

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall

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p.217

Poem Title:

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

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here she lies whose spotless fame

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pp.217-218

Poem Title:

The Temple, London.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone

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p.218

Poem Title:

Norwich Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True to himself and others with whom both

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pp.218-219

Poem Title:

On Mr. Poultney.

Attribution:

Wm. Cartwright.

Attributed To:

William Cartwright

First Line:

Here lieth Walter Garden come out of the west

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p.219

Poem Title:

St. Margaret's, Westminster.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here under lieth a man of fame

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p.219

Poem Title:

St. Michael's, C. L. Southwerk.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Reader beware immoderate love of pelf

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p.219

Poem Title:

On a Miser.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever treadeth on this stone

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p.219

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All you that doth this epitaph read or see

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p.220

Poem Title:

Isleworth Church.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth the worthy warrior

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p.220

Poem Title:

From an old Manuscript.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here old -- lies

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p.221

Poem Title:

On ****

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Bell broken bow ligs under this stean

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p.221

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Johnny Bell ligeth underneath this stean

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p.221

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

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pp.221-222

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Good Christian people of your charity

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pp.222-223

Poem Title:

Hereford Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil

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p.222

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Well then poor G-- lies under ground

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p.222

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Here placed near Chaucer Spenser claims a room

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p.224

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey. [...] In English thus:

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The first sepulted in this place after they it sacrated

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p.225

Poem Title:

Savoy Church, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Casy of this parish whose dwelling was

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p.226

Poem Title:

St. Michael's, Wood-street.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With diligence and trust most exemplary

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p.229

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath a sleeping infant lies

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p.229

Poem Title:

Wishech.

Attribution:

S. Wesley

Attributed To:

Samuel Wesley

First Line:

Weeping over thy sacred urn

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pp.230-231

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Halifax.

Attribution:

Ambrose Philips.

Attributed To:

Ambrose Philips

First Line:

Ask not who ended here his span

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p.231

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who so him bethoft inwardly and oft

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p.231

Poem Title:

Feversham.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests in hallowed earth secure from spite

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p.236

Poem Title:

In English thus:

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And when thy ruins shall disclaim

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p.239

Poem Title:

Epitaph on M. Drayton.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Briton behold if patriot worth be dear

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p.239

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Vain Greece consult no more or haughty Rome

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pp.239-240

Poem Title:

On King William the IIId.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His wife | That at this life have ended her pilgrimage

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p.252

Poem Title:

Hereford Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In her whose relics mark this sacred earth

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pp.252-253

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

R. Savage.

Attributed To:

Richard Savage

First Line:

Here lieth John Thorne musician most perfect in art

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p.253

Poem Title:

York Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Britain boasts her empire over the deep

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p.254

Poem Title:

Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Although my corpse it lies in grave

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p.257

Poem Title:

From an old Manuscript.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From pomp in mind and meanness in estate

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p.260

Poem Title:

On Richard Savage, Esq;

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou whose eyes were closed in death's pale night

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p.261

Poem Title:

On a Child killed by procured Abortion.

Attribution:

* * *.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sacred spirits while your friends distressed

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p.261

Poem Title:

On a Father, Mother, and Brother.

Attribution:

-- Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

What beauty would have lovely styled

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pp.264-265

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ben Jonson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

I have my piety too which could

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pp.265-266

Poem Title:

On Master Vincent Corbet.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Reader stay | And if I had no more to say

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p.265

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ben Jonson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

If passenger thou canst but read

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pp.266-267

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Ben Jonson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

How strangely fond of life poor mortals be

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p.267

Poem Title:

* * * * *.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This humble grave though no proud structures grace

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p.267

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

David Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

This modest stone which few vain marbles can

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pp.267-268

Poem Title:

On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here Mr Joseph Allein lies

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p.268

Poem Title:

In the Chancel of the Church of Taunton St. Magdalen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This plain floor

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p.268

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Crashaw.

Attributed To:

Richard Crashaw

First Line:

Children are snatched away sometimes

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p.268

Poem Title:

On the young Lord Mount Cashel.

Attribution:

Mary Barber.

Attributed To:

Mary Barber

First Line:

Fair kind and true a treasure each alone

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p.269

Poem Title:

On Lady Whitmore.

Attribution:

J. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Under this stone closed and marmorate

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p.270

Poem Title:

In the Chancel of Stepney Church.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Learn curious reader whom you pass

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p.272

Poem Title:

Waltham-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the old flaming prophet climbed the sky

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p.272

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Wm. Cartwright.

Attributed To:

William Cartwright

First Line:

If modest youth with cool reflection crowned

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pp.273-274

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey. Edmund Duke of Buckingham, Died in the Nineteenth Year of his Age, 1735.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Hail patriot youth lost in life's bloom

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p.274

Poem Title:

Westminster Abbey. Edmund, D. of Buckingham. Died in the nineteenth year of his age, 1735.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O merciful Jesu that brought man soul from hell

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p.274

Poem Title:

York Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Roger lies here before his hour

Page No:

p.274

Poem Title:

Thunderidge in the Vale, Hertfordshire.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Felled by death's surer hatchet here lies Sprong

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p.275

Poem Title:

Ockham, in Surrey. John Sprong Dyed November XVII. M.DCCXXXVI. Aged LX.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Lord saw good I was loping of wood

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p.275

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Underneath whereas you see

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p.275

Poem Title:

Hampstead.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the last King Charles of Spain

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p.276

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet virgin that I do not set

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p.276

Poem Title:

To the Memory of the late deceased Virgin, Mrs. Elizabeth Hereicke.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To the dark and silent tomb

Page No:

pp.276-277

Poem Title:

On an Infant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader stand back dull not this marble shrine

Page No:

pp.277-278

Poem Title:

Oakham, Rutlandshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Posterity hath many fates bemoaned

Page No:

p.278

Poem Title:

On Sir Robert Cotton, the Antiquary.

Attribution:

T. Randolph.

Attributed To:

Thomas Randolph

First Line:

Under this stone lies virtue youth

Page No:

pp.278-279

Poem Title:

On Sir George Speke.

Attribution:

Edm. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

If humour wit and honesty could save

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pp.279-280

Poem Title:

St. Clement's Danes, London.

Attribution:

S. Duck.

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Here rests his head upon the lap of earth

Page No:

p.280

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

--- Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Of gentlest manners ever formed to please

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One charming bird to paradise is flown

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

St. Lawrence, Jury, London. William Bird died the 2d of October, 1698, aged four Years.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here innocence and beauty lie whose breath

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p.282

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ripe in virtue green in years

Page No:

p.282

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Robin Masters faith twas hard

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p.283

Poem Title:

On an Undertaker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take heed o good traveller and do not tread hard

Page No:

p.283

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:

pp.283-284

Poem Title:

Peterborough Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heroes and kings your distance keep

Page No:

p.283

Poem Title:

For one who would not be buried in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here lies the body of honest Tom Page

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p.284

Poem Title:

Norwich Cathedral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader if not a Papist bred

Page No:

p.285

Poem Title:

St. Anne's, ALdergate, L.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such as I am such shall ye be

Page No:

p.285

Poem Title:

St. Antony's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Youth beauty virtue here entombed doth lie

Page No:

p.288

Poem Title:

St. Alban's, Hertfordshire. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Barbara Griffith, late Wife to Edward Griffith, Esq;

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed