ON JOHN SHAW, ATTORNEY. And when he died, The devil cried, Give me your paw, John Shaw, Earl Russell's Memoirs of Moore, the Poet. ON A FOOL, WHO WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD IN A DUEL. HERE lies poor Tommy: Nature at his end Thought 'twas but right for once to stand his friend; For in the shades below he now can say, "At least there's something in my head to-day." ON A FAITHFUL SERVANT. HIS master found him faithful whilst on earth, ON QUICK, THE ACTOR.93 THE great debt of Nature he paid, as all must, 93 Quick was famous in his day for travestie of the parts of plays he performed; indeed, his friends knowing his humour and powers, were rarely satisfied unless they were gratified. It is said, that once, when in playing "Richard the Third," he IN PANCRAS CHURCHYARD. As I am now, so you must be; Therefore, prepare to follow me. The Rev. W. Huntington, of S. S. (Sinner Saved) notoriety, wrote underneath this answer: To follow you I'm not intent, Till I can learn which way you went. ON ONE WHO DIED OF THE HYP. DEATH, by a conduct strange and new, IN ST. BENET'S CHURCH, PAUL'S WHARF. HIC jacet Plus, plus non est hic, Plus et non plus-quomodo sic? Thus freely translated : HERE lies one More, and no more than he; One more and no more-how can that be? Why, one More and no more may well lie here alone; But here lies one More, and that's more than one. came to the part where the king exclaims, "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse," by way of putting a finishing stroke to the fun, he extemporized, "and if you can't bring me a horse, bring me a jackass." ON HOGARTH.94 THE hand of Art here torpid lies, That traced the essential form of Grace, If genius warm thee, reader, stay, If merit touch thee, shed a tear; Be vice and dulness far away! Great Hogarth's honour'd dust is here. Dr. S. Johnson. ON PHILIPS, THE MUSICIAN. PHILIPS, whose touch harmonious could remove Dr. S. Johnson. 94 Garrick having shown Johnson the epitaph he had written on the great painter, the latter at once wrote the above as preferable to the one which appears at page 146. "Hogarth's 'Rake's levee room,' 'The Nobleman's dining room,' 'Marriage à la Mode,' 'The Alderman's Parlour,' 'The BedChamber,' and many others, are the history of the manners of the age."-Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting. ON EDWARD CAVE.95 He lived a patriarch in his numerous race, Here rests his clay! his soul must ever rest, THOU who survey'st these walls with curious eye, 95 "Cave was an enterprising intelligent bookseller, who was proprietor and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine,' which he originated in 1731. It was the only periodical work in the kingdom which then had what would now be called a large circulation. It was, indeed, the chief source of parliamentary intelligence."-Lord Macaulay's Life of Johnson. Cave is to be remembered chiefly on account of his being the early patron and friend of Johnson, who contributed to the Magazine, and who wrote Cave's biography. 96 Hanmer was educated at Westminster and Oxford, and published an edition of Shakespeare with Notes, in 6 vols. 4to. His learning, join'd with each endearing art, While Hanmer fill'd the chair-and Anne the throne! M |