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1.
By all the wise admired the good esteemed
First Line:
By all the wise admired the good esteemed
Last Line:
May you with equal dignity retire
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
38616
2.
No miser's spirit meets the grand assize
First Line:
No miser's spirit meets the grand assize
Last Line:
It should his portion be hereafter too
DMI number:
26839
3.
Others press forward haply heaven to find
First Line:
Others press forward haply heaven to find
Last Line:
Alas the miser leaves his heaven behind
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26838
4.
Others to marble may their glory owe
First Line:
Others to marble may their glory owe
Last Line:
With them to flourish as from them it came
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26843
5.
Reader survey this monumental pile
First Line:
Reader survey this monumental pile
Last Line:
He died because he knew not how to live
DMI number:
26840
6.
Some of their ancestors talk loud
First Line:
Some of their ancestors talk loud
Last Line:
Monarchs themselves but elder brothers
DMI number:
26837
7.
Tears which the barranged orators command
First Line:
Tears which the barranged orators command
Last Line:
And all the farce of human life is over
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30698
8.
Tell me just from the doctor's hands
First Line:
Tell me just from the doctor's hands
Last Line:
For doctors seldom pray at all
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26844
9.
This lettered stone to mortals kind conceals
First Line:
This lettered stone to mortals kind conceals
Last Line:
That souls are mortal and material too
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26841
10.
This tombstone covers Jenny Rover
First Line:
This tombstone covers Jenny Rover
Last Line:
Act not her life but death bed over
Author:
William Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
26842