Will raise him to be blest above.
POPE ADRIAN’S.
Adrianus, Papa VI., hic situs est, que nihil sibi
Infelicius in vita, quam quod imperaret duxit.
SHEIL’S, (THE IRISH ORATOR).
Here lie I. There’s an end to my woes.
And my spirit at length at aise is,
With the tip of my nose, and the ends of my toes,
Turned up ’gainst the roots of the daisies.
The eccentric Sternhold Oakes offered a reward for the best epitaph for his grave. Several tried for the prize, but they flattered him too much, he thought. At last he undertook it himself; and the following was the result:—