Is there on earth one care, one wish beside! -He said, and dy'd. Save my country, heav'n] Alluding to the bishop's frequent use and application of the expiring words of the famous father Paul, in his prayer for the state, esto perpetua. With how good a grace the bishop applied it at his trial, and is here made to refer to it in his last moments, they will understand who know what conformity there was in the lives of the prelate and the monk. The character of our countryman is well known. And that of the father may be told in very few words. He was profoundly skilled in all divine and human learning: He employed his whole life in the service of the state, against the unjust in croachments of the church. He was modest, humble, and forgiving, candid, patient, and just; free from all prejudices of party, and all the projects of ambition; in a word, the happiest compound of science, wisdom, and virtue. For one who would not be buried in Westminster Abbey. Heroes, and kings! your distance keep; In peace let one poor poet sleep, Who never flatter'd folks like you: Let Horace blush, and Virgil too. Another, on the same. Under this marble, or under this sill, Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead, Flitton Church, Bedfordshire. THOMAS HILL, A receiver general to three Earls of Kent. On the floor, near the altar is a figure, in brass, of an honest Steward.—He appears dressed in a long cloak, trunk breeches, great ruff, and large nightсар He died May 26, 1601, aged 128. His character is recorded in these lines: Aske how he lived, and you shall know his ende; These lines men know doe truly of him story, ON SIR J. VANBRUGH. Died at his House at Whitehall in 1726. Under this stone, reader, survey Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay. Lie heavy on him, earth! for he Sacred to the memory of JOHN RICH, ESQ. * Who died November 26th, 1761, aged 69 years. In him were united the various virtues Family, friends and acquaintance. Distress never failed to find relief in his bounty, Unfortunate merit a refuge in his generosity. Here likewise are interred Amy his second wife, with their two youngest children, John and Elizabeth, who both died in their infancy. * Late of Covent Garden Theatre. ON MRS. MARGARET PASTON, Of Barningham, Norfolk. So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet, |