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Garrick's Monument.
GARRICK-S MONUMENT .
V-After a . lapse of eighteen years , a Monument has been erecied to the memory ot DAVID GABRICK , wilh ihree full-length figures , the principal of which-is oar late favourite Actor in a thoroi-ghiy theatrical attitude .. Tragedy and Comedy are seated ben ath him , - and immediately over his head is a small medalhonwith a profile
, , we believe , intended to represent ShaKspeare . The following Epitaph is inscribed on a lablet beneaih-thegroup : TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID G / IRR 1 CK , WHO DIED IN THE YKAB 1779 , AT THE - AGE OF SIXTY-THREE .
To paint fair na'ure , by Divine command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , AShakspeaverose—then to e ? pamihisfanie , Wide o ' er this breathing world , aGarrik ¦ came . . Tho' sunk in death the forms the Poet drew , The Actor ' s genius bade them breath a-new : Though like the Bard himself , in night they
lay , Immortal Garrick call'd ihem back to-day : Aud till Eternity , with power sublime , Shall mark the mortal hour of ho ry time , Shakspeare and Carrick like twin stars shall shine , And earth irradiate with a beam divine . This Monument , the tribute of a Friend , was erected 1797 ' .
Homo Tressis.
HOMO TRESSIS .
BY PR . PERFECT . I SAY not , Friend Fuscus , you ' re very low-born , [ scorn , Of Men the dislike , and of Women the In conduct reproachful , contracted ot mind ; But the Muse , to severity little inclin'd , Your trivial character gently confesses , from Horace deriv'd , in the words ' Homo Tressis . '
Analogy.
ANALOGY .
BY THE SAME . BID the tear of soft joy , like the drop from a rose , Shine rensive on Emily ' s cheek , When Corvdon earlv forsook his repose , The rnaid of his bosom to seek ? In an Eg lantine shade , at the foot of a hill '
Where shrubs in profusion expand , The bosom of aether with odours to fill , The fair one accepted his hand . Affection so mu ual resembled iheSpring , When inviting to verdure the soil , Refreshing as dew , whose descension shall bring From each drop—a Promethean smile .
Old Ben Block's Advice To The Brave Tars Of Old England.
OLD BEN BLOCK'S ^ ADVICE TO THE BRAVE TARS OF OLD ENGLAND .
M IN- D vour-bearings , brave boys , and beware hew you steer , [ sandsare near , V ocks and breakers aboui id . shoalsand qm ' ck-Nor like fool-hardy Swabs , while the surges o v erwhelm , [ the helm : Despise Chart and Comffss and laugh at But with true Bug- ; , hearts let us prove . lish Men
Eng , Ever firm , brave and ready , And steady , Bovs—steady , Resolv'd to return to our duty again . Think , my hearts , what a triumph vvs give to the foe '' : [ cause him to crow , And the French Dunghill Cock how we To behold English Tars , while Old F . ngland ' s at slake , [ forsake . and
Their Couniry , their Glory , Honour Then , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Ev ' ry grievance made known , ev ' ry griev" ' ance was heal'd ; [ were seal'd . Our Petitions were granted , and our pardon * And our Honour wtispledg'd— -can a Sailor ledge more ? [ dience restore- "
p That " to gain what we crav'd , should obe-Tlien , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Those nalaveringwhisp ' rers that pester our e ' ) [ and with fears , And that warp our allegiance with doubts Are set on by the foe , and , like fiends in disguise , D'l-. d lies . bears
False colours they hoist , full of bug But , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Set in case now the French were to land on our Coast , [ rul'd the roast , Wljile the ' Tars of Old England , that once Arc all squabbling for straws , while our fleets are in port , [ triumph and sport . We should then prove the cause of their Then , u ith true English hearts , let us , & c .
So shake off vour frenzy , brave Boys , in good time . [ or rhyme ; Nordisgrace England ' s flag without reason Let yourgallant Commanders their stations resume , [ your doom . And good order restore , or Destruction's Then , with true , English hearts , let ' us , & c . When the vessel ' s adrift , and the storm tain
blows amain , [ , Unless some skilful pilot the helm can ob-Davy Jones and the Devil , evert'mariner knows , [ down she goes . Fix theirclaws on the wreck , and ol courss Then , with true English hearts , let us prove English Men , Ever firm , brave and ready , And steady , Boys , steady , RcsolY'd . to return to our duty agajjj ,
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Garrick's Monument.
GARRICK-S MONUMENT .
V-After a . lapse of eighteen years , a Monument has been erecied to the memory ot DAVID GABRICK , wilh ihree full-length figures , the principal of which-is oar late favourite Actor in a thoroi-ghiy theatrical attitude .. Tragedy and Comedy are seated ben ath him , - and immediately over his head is a small medalhonwith a profile
, , we believe , intended to represent ShaKspeare . The following Epitaph is inscribed on a lablet beneaih-thegroup : TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID G / IRR 1 CK , WHO DIED IN THE YKAB 1779 , AT THE - AGE OF SIXTY-THREE .
To paint fair na'ure , by Divine command , Her magic pencil in his glowing hand , AShakspeaverose—then to e ? pamihisfanie , Wide o ' er this breathing world , aGarrik ¦ came . . Tho' sunk in death the forms the Poet drew , The Actor ' s genius bade them breath a-new : Though like the Bard himself , in night they
lay , Immortal Garrick call'd ihem back to-day : Aud till Eternity , with power sublime , Shall mark the mortal hour of ho ry time , Shakspeare and Carrick like twin stars shall shine , And earth irradiate with a beam divine . This Monument , the tribute of a Friend , was erected 1797 ' .
Homo Tressis.
HOMO TRESSIS .
BY PR . PERFECT . I SAY not , Friend Fuscus , you ' re very low-born , [ scorn , Of Men the dislike , and of Women the In conduct reproachful , contracted ot mind ; But the Muse , to severity little inclin'd , Your trivial character gently confesses , from Horace deriv'd , in the words ' Homo Tressis . '
Analogy.
ANALOGY .
BY THE SAME . BID the tear of soft joy , like the drop from a rose , Shine rensive on Emily ' s cheek , When Corvdon earlv forsook his repose , The rnaid of his bosom to seek ? In an Eg lantine shade , at the foot of a hill '
Where shrubs in profusion expand , The bosom of aether with odours to fill , The fair one accepted his hand . Affection so mu ual resembled iheSpring , When inviting to verdure the soil , Refreshing as dew , whose descension shall bring From each drop—a Promethean smile .
Old Ben Block's Advice To The Brave Tars Of Old England.
OLD BEN BLOCK'S ^ ADVICE TO THE BRAVE TARS OF OLD ENGLAND .
M IN- D vour-bearings , brave boys , and beware hew you steer , [ sandsare near , V ocks and breakers aboui id . shoalsand qm ' ck-Nor like fool-hardy Swabs , while the surges o v erwhelm , [ the helm : Despise Chart and Comffss and laugh at But with true Bug- ; , hearts let us prove . lish Men
Eng , Ever firm , brave and ready , And steady , Bovs—steady , Resolv'd to return to our duty again . Think , my hearts , what a triumph vvs give to the foe '' : [ cause him to crow , And the French Dunghill Cock how we To behold English Tars , while Old F . ngland ' s at slake , [ forsake . and
Their Couniry , their Glory , Honour Then , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Ev ' ry grievance made known , ev ' ry griev" ' ance was heal'd ; [ were seal'd . Our Petitions were granted , and our pardon * And our Honour wtispledg'd— -can a Sailor ledge more ? [ dience restore- "
p That " to gain what we crav'd , should obe-Tlien , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Those nalaveringwhisp ' rers that pester our e ' ) [ and with fears , And that warp our allegiance with doubts Are set on by the foe , and , like fiends in disguise , D'l-. d lies . bears
False colours they hoist , full of bug But , with true English hearts , let us , & c . Set in case now the French were to land on our Coast , [ rul'd the roast , Wljile the ' Tars of Old England , that once Arc all squabbling for straws , while our fleets are in port , [ triumph and sport . We should then prove the cause of their Then , u ith true English hearts , let us , & c .
So shake off vour frenzy , brave Boys , in good time . [ or rhyme ; Nordisgrace England ' s flag without reason Let yourgallant Commanders their stations resume , [ your doom . And good order restore , or Destruction's Then , with true , English hearts , let ' us , & c . When the vessel ' s adrift , and the storm tain
blows amain , [ , Unless some skilful pilot the helm can ob-Davy Jones and the Devil , evert'mariner knows , [ down she goes . Fix theirclaws on the wreck , and ol courss Then , with true English hearts , let us prove English Men , Ever firm , brave and ready , And steady , Boys , steady , RcsolY'd . to return to our duty agajjj ,