XIII. On Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, who died in exile at Paris, 1732. [His only daughter having expired in his arms, immediately after she arrived in France to se e him.] DIALOGUE. SHE. YES, we have liv'd---One pang, and then we part! HE. Dear shade! I will: Then mix this dust with thine---O spotless ghost! Yes---Save my Country, Heav'n---He said, and dy'd. XIV. On Edmund Duke of Buckingham, who died in the nineteenth year of his age, 1735. Ir modest youth, with cool reflection crown'd, This weeping marble had not ask'd thy tear, 5 The living virtue now had shone approv'd; 10. 14 XV. For one who would not be buried in Westminster-Abbey. HEROES and kings! your distance keep; In peace let one poor poet sleep, Who never flatter'd folks like you: XVI. Another on the same. UNDER this marble, or under this sill, 8 CONTENTS. Page IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS. --On a Fan of the Author's design, in which was painted the story of Cephalus and Procris, with the motto Aura Veni, ib. EPISTLES. Page Epistle I. To Robert Earl of Oxford, and Earl Epistle II. To James Craggs, Esq. Secretary of Epistle III. To Mr. Jervas, with Mr. Dryden's translation of Fresnoy's Art of Painting, MISCELLANIES. A prologue to a play for Mr. Dennis's benefit, in ib. |