Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father
epitaph on my ever honoured father o ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, draw near with pious rev'rence, and attend! here lie the loving husband's dear remains, the tender father, and the gen'rous friend; the pitying heart that felt for human woe, the dauntless heart that fear'd no human pride; the friend of man—to vice alone a foe; for “ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side.”