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Article IMPOSSIBILITIES. Page 1 of 1 Article SIR PHILIP SYDNEY'S EPITAPH. Page 1 of 1 Article EPITAPH under Dr. JOHNSON's STATUE in St. PAUL's. Page 1 of 1
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Impossibilities.
IMPOSSIBILITIES .
EMBRACE a sun-beam , and on it The shadow of a man beget ; Tell me who reigns in the moon ; Set the thunder to a tune ; Cut the axletree that bears Heav ' n and earth , or stop the spheres ' With thy finger , or divide . . Beggary from fust and pride ;
Tell me what the Syren ' s sing , Or the secrets of a king , - Or his pow ' r , and when it ends , And how far his will extends . Can ' st thou by thy art uncase The mysteries of a courtier's face ? If not for him , then go aneffind A widow , or all women kind ,
Like to their outward show , and be More than Delphian Deity . M .
Sir Philip Sydney's Epitaph.
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY ' S EPITAPH .
ENGLAND , the Netherlands , the Heav ' ns , the Arts , The soldiers , and the world , hath lost six parts Of noble Sydney ; for who will suppose , That a small heap of stones can him inclose : England hath lost his body ; she it fed : Netherlands his blood ; for her sake 'twas shed : The Heav ' ns have his soul ; the arts his great fame ; The soldiers his grief ; the world his good name . M .
Epitaph Under Dr. Johnson's Statue In St. Paul's.
EPITAPH under Dr . JOHNSON's STATUE in St . PAUL ' s .
ATTRIBUTED TO DR . TAHK . SAMUELI JOHNSON , . GKAMMATICO CKITICO Scriptorum . Anglicorum . Litterate . Perito . Poeta :. Luminibus . Sententiarum .
Et . Ponderibus . verborum . admirabili . Magistro . virtutis . grayissimo . Xlomini . optimo . etsingularis . exempli . Qui . vixit . Ann . LXXV . Mens . i . Pieb . xnr . Sepult . in oed . sanct . Petr . Westmonasteriens . ' ZII . Kal . Janiiar . Ann . Christ , CID . LOCCLXXXV . Amid , et Sodales . LiUerarii . Pecunia . Confata . . H . M . Faciund . curaver .
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Impossibilities.
IMPOSSIBILITIES .
EMBRACE a sun-beam , and on it The shadow of a man beget ; Tell me who reigns in the moon ; Set the thunder to a tune ; Cut the axletree that bears Heav ' n and earth , or stop the spheres ' With thy finger , or divide . . Beggary from fust and pride ;
Tell me what the Syren ' s sing , Or the secrets of a king , - Or his pow ' r , and when it ends , And how far his will extends . Can ' st thou by thy art uncase The mysteries of a courtier's face ? If not for him , then go aneffind A widow , or all women kind ,
Like to their outward show , and be More than Delphian Deity . M .
Sir Philip Sydney's Epitaph.
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY ' S EPITAPH .
ENGLAND , the Netherlands , the Heav ' ns , the Arts , The soldiers , and the world , hath lost six parts Of noble Sydney ; for who will suppose , That a small heap of stones can him inclose : England hath lost his body ; she it fed : Netherlands his blood ; for her sake 'twas shed : The Heav ' ns have his soul ; the arts his great fame ; The soldiers his grief ; the world his good name . M .
Epitaph Under Dr. Johnson's Statue In St. Paul's.
EPITAPH under Dr . JOHNSON's STATUE in St . PAUL ' s .
ATTRIBUTED TO DR . TAHK . SAMUELI JOHNSON , . GKAMMATICO CKITICO Scriptorum . Anglicorum . Litterate . Perito . Poeta :. Luminibus . Sententiarum .
Et . Ponderibus . verborum . admirabili . Magistro . virtutis . grayissimo . Xlomini . optimo . etsingularis . exempli . Qui . vixit . Ann . LXXV . Mens . i . Pieb . xnr . Sepult . in oed . sanct . Petr . Westmonasteriens . ' ZII . Kal . Janiiar . Ann . Christ , CID . LOCCLXXXV . Amid , et Sodales . LiUerarii . Pecunia . Confata . . H . M . Faciund . curaver .