...Humanity, in Age belov'd ! For thee the hardy Vet'ran drops a tear, And the gay Courtier feels the sigh sincere. WITHERS, adieu! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. 1 Pope had made Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his death-bed, a promise to write his epitaph, which he seems...

...soft Humanity, in Age belov'd! For thee the hardy Vet'ran drops a tear, And the gay Courtier feels the sigh sincere. WITHERS, adieu! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. 1 Pope had made Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his death-bed, a promise to write his epitaph, which he seems...

...veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. WITHERS, adieu ! yet not with thcc remove Thy martial spirit, or thy social love ! Amidst...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. IT. ON JAMES CRAGGS, Esq., IN WESTMINSTEB-ABBEY. STATESMAN, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere,...

...yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit or thy social lovel Amidst Corruption, Luxury, and Rnge, Still leave some ancient Virtues to our age; Nor let...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON AT EASTHAMSTEAD, BERKS, 1729 THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May...

...humanity in age belov'd * ! For thee the hardy vet'ran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. ' Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee...glories gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone3.1 421 The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of commonplaces, though somewhat diversified...

...Social love ! Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, Still leave some ancient virtues to our age: 10 Nor let us say, (those English glories gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. When first printed, these lines were preceded by a prose epitaph which appears on the monument and...