1SZISCELLANEO US THOUMITS. !.3` S An Epitaph. HERE lie the ruins of a lowly tent, Where the seraphic soul of Harvey spent Its mortal years. How did his genius shine, Like heav'n's bright envoy, clad in powers divine! When from.his lips the grace or vengeance broke, 'Twas majesty in arms, 'twasmelting mercy spoke. What worlds of love lay crowded in that breast! Too strait the mansion forth' illustrious guest. Zeal, like a flame shot from the realms of day, Aids the slow fever to consume the clay, And bears the saint up through the starry road Triumphant. So Elijah went to God. What happy prophet shall hismantle find, Heir to the double portion of the mind? Sic musa jam veteraseenti Inter justeissmos amicorum ecclesite Fetus Harveo suo parent at. I. W. 5. An Epitaph on the Reverend Mr. Matthew Clarke. M. S. " In hoc sepulchro conditur " MATTHtEUS CLARKE, " Petrie; venerandi Mitts cognominis, " nec ipse minus veneranùus: " Literis sacris & humans " aprima rotate innutritus : " Ltnguarum scientissimus : " Inmunere concionatorio t' eximius, operosus & felix: " In officio pastorali " fidelis & vigilans : " Inter theologorum dissidia, " moderatos & pacificus : " Ad omnia pietatis munia " promptus semper & alacris: " Conjux, frater, pater, amicus, " inter prtestantissimos: " Erga omnes hominum ordines ' egregie benevolus. Quas vera inoumeras invicta modestia dotes " Celavit, nec fama profert, nec copia fandi " Est tumulo concessa: Sed slim marmore rupte " Ostendet venture dies ; præconia coeli " Narrabunt; judex agnoscet, & omnia plaudent. " Abi, viator, ubtcunq ; terrarum fueris, 44 audies. Natos est in agro Leicestriensi, A. D. 1664. Obiit Londini, 27. die Martii, 1726. Etat. sow 62. Multum dilectos, multum desideratus. In English thus. Sacred to memory. In this sepulchre lies buried MATTHEW CLARKE, A son bearing the name
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