Alma quies, optata, veni, nam sic sine vita

Vivere quam suave est, sic sine morte mori.—Warton.

[Light sleep, though death’s strong image, prythee give

Thy fellowship while in my couch I lie;

O gentle, wished-for rest, how sweet to live

Thus without life, and without death to die!][[18]]

TO DR. ROBERT FREIND, WHO WROTE LONG EPITAPHS.

Freind, for your epitaphs I’m grieved,

Where still so much is said:

One half will never be believed,