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Epitaph To The Memory Of Collins The Poet.
EPITAPH TO THE MEMORY OF COLLINS THE POET .
MONUMENT of most exquisite workmanship has been erected by public Subscription at Chichester , to the memory of the poet Collins , a native of that place . He is finely represented as just recovered from a wild fit of phrenzy , to which he was unhappily subject , and in a calm and reclining posture , seeking refuge from his misfortunes in the divine consolations of the Gospel , while his lyre , and one of the first of his poems , lie neglected on the ground . Above are two , beautiful figures of Love and Pity entwined in each other ' s arms . The whole was executed by the ingenious Flaxmanlately returned
, from Rome ; and if any' thing can equal the expressive sweetness of the sculpture , it is the following most excellent Epitaph , WRITTEN BY Hit BAYLEY . YE who the merits of the dead revere , Who hold misfortune sacred , genius dear , Regard this tomb , where Collins' hapless name
Solicits kindness with a double claim . Tho' Nature gave him , and tho' Science taught The fire of fancy , and the reach of thought , , Severely , doom'd to Penury ' s extreme , He pass'd , in madd'ning pain , life ' s feverish dream j While rays of Genius only serv'd to show The thick'ning horror , and exalt his woe . Ye walls that echo'd to his frantic moan ,
Guard the due records of this grateful stone ; Strangers to him , enamour'd of his lays . This fond memorial to his talents raise . . For this the ashes of a Bard require , Who touch'd the tenderest notes of Pity ' s lyre ; A \ hojoin'd pure faith to strong poetic powers , Who , in reviving reason ' s lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And rightly deem'd the Book of God the best .
The English Justice.
THE ENGLISH JUSTICE .
THE THOUGHT TAKEN FHOlt MOSS , DE LA EONTAINE . A Pot-belly'd -Justice , who thought a sjooil feast The best thing this world could afford , Commanded his cook , for that day's repast , A Sturgeon to send to his board . -Three parts ofthe fish he dispatch'd with such speed That orie scarcely can credit the tale ;
And had not a sickness prevented the deed , This Jonas had eat up the whale . The Doctor arrives . —and , with countenance sad , Assures him assistance is vain ; And to tell him the truth , "his complaint was so bad , He would ne'er eat a sturgeon again . " " If ' tisso , " quoth the Jutice , " what signifies care ? " And now IJiave only one wish :
* ' That as you ' re convinc'd I have no time to spare , " You will send me the rest of my fish I" - GRACCHUS .
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Epitaph To The Memory Of Collins The Poet.
EPITAPH TO THE MEMORY OF COLLINS THE POET .
MONUMENT of most exquisite workmanship has been erected by public Subscription at Chichester , to the memory of the poet Collins , a native of that place . He is finely represented as just recovered from a wild fit of phrenzy , to which he was unhappily subject , and in a calm and reclining posture , seeking refuge from his misfortunes in the divine consolations of the Gospel , while his lyre , and one of the first of his poems , lie neglected on the ground . Above are two , beautiful figures of Love and Pity entwined in each other ' s arms . The whole was executed by the ingenious Flaxmanlately returned
, from Rome ; and if any' thing can equal the expressive sweetness of the sculpture , it is the following most excellent Epitaph , WRITTEN BY Hit BAYLEY . YE who the merits of the dead revere , Who hold misfortune sacred , genius dear , Regard this tomb , where Collins' hapless name
Solicits kindness with a double claim . Tho' Nature gave him , and tho' Science taught The fire of fancy , and the reach of thought , , Severely , doom'd to Penury ' s extreme , He pass'd , in madd'ning pain , life ' s feverish dream j While rays of Genius only serv'd to show The thick'ning horror , and exalt his woe . Ye walls that echo'd to his frantic moan ,
Guard the due records of this grateful stone ; Strangers to him , enamour'd of his lays . This fond memorial to his talents raise . . For this the ashes of a Bard require , Who touch'd the tenderest notes of Pity ' s lyre ; A \ hojoin'd pure faith to strong poetic powers , Who , in reviving reason ' s lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And rightly deem'd the Book of God the best .
The English Justice.
THE ENGLISH JUSTICE .
THE THOUGHT TAKEN FHOlt MOSS , DE LA EONTAINE . A Pot-belly'd -Justice , who thought a sjooil feast The best thing this world could afford , Commanded his cook , for that day's repast , A Sturgeon to send to his board . -Three parts ofthe fish he dispatch'd with such speed That orie scarcely can credit the tale ;
And had not a sickness prevented the deed , This Jonas had eat up the whale . The Doctor arrives . —and , with countenance sad , Assures him assistance is vain ; And to tell him the truth , "his complaint was so bad , He would ne'er eat a sturgeon again . " " If ' tisso , " quoth the Jutice , " what signifies care ? " And now IJiave only one wish :
* ' That as you ' re convinc'd I have no time to spare , " You will send me the rest of my fish I" - GRACCHUS .