T. J. Buckton.
Lichfield.
Prior's Epitaph on Himself (Vol. i., p. 482.).—Mr. Singer quotes an epitaph on "John Carnegie," and says it is the prototype of Prior's epitaph on himself. I have looked among Prior's poems for this epitaph, and have not been able to discover anything that can be said to answer Mr. Singer's description of it. Would your correspondent oblige me with a copy of the epitaph to which he alludes? My edition of Prior is a very old one; and this may account for the omission, if such it be.
Henry H. Breen.
St. Lucia.
[The following is a copy of the epitaph:
"Nobles and heralds, by your leave,
Here lies what once was Matthew Prior,
The son of Adam and of Eve;
Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?">[