"An honest man's the noblest work of God."
Havard, from sorrow rest beneath this stone;
An honest man—beloved as soon as known;
Howe'er defective in the mimic art,
In real life he justly played his part!
The noblest character he acted well,
And heaven applauded when the curtain fell.
The one on William Hogarth, in Chiswick Churchyard, by Garrick, is in better taste:
Farewell, great painter of mankind,
Who reach'd the noblest point of art;