...(those Fi'glish glories gone) ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, At Easthamstead, in Berkshire, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, " Here lies an honest man." A poet bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great, Foe to loud praise, and friend to...

...Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MR ELIJAH FENTON,1 AT EASTHAMSTEAD, IN BERKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : 1 ' Fenton : ' Pope's joint-translator of Homer's Odyssey. See Johnson's 'Lives of tbe Poets.' A...

...Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MB ELIJAH FENTON,1 AT EASTHAMSTEAD, IN BEBKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : 1 ' Fcnton : ' Pope's joint-translator of Homer's Odyssey. See Johnson's 'Lives of the PoeU.' A poet,...

...the variety." The following terse inscription occurs on a stone in Elizabeth, NJ : '• This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say here lies an honest man." MJJS. ELIZABETH MELLEN, wife of Henry Mellen, Esq., oo. Dover, If. IT., 1803, aged 21. " Accept dear...

...Then let not this mistake disturb thy sprite, Another age shall set thy BUTTONS right." " This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say — 'Here lies an honest man.' A Poet bless' d beyond the Poet's fate, Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,...

...amiss in me Take care to shun And censure not till thine Own work be done." " This modest stone, which few vain marbles can, May truly say Here lies an honest man: His was an open nudesigning heart, Exempt from fraud, and undisguised by art. Reader, this character...

...true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED, RERKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man ; A poet bless'd beyond the poet's fate, [_ great ; Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and Foe to loud praise, and friend...

...true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON At Eosthamsleud, in Berks, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, ' Here lies an honest man :' A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate. Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud und great Foe to loud praise, and friend to...

...that as well as he was, he shall be. ON MR ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED, IN BEEKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, — Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,...

...them. X. On MR. ELIJAH TEUTON. At Easthampstead. in Berkshire, 1780. "This modest stone, what few Tain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise,...