Fair, and wise, and good as she,
Time shall throw his dart at thee.
Another of Jonson's epitaphs, although more rugged in versification, is also deserving of quotation;
Underneath this stone doth lie
As much virtue as could die;
Which, when alive, did vigor give
To as much beauty as could live.
If she had a single fault,
Leave it buried in this vault.
Not a few of Pope's epitaphs, as we have before hinted, appear tame, insipid, and characterized by a false taste. We except the well-known couplet for the monument of Sir Isaac Newton, in which there are dignity of language and boldness of conception: