Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-05
VII orr rnmhs,nnns.


" Fullcrs earth
There is % professional point in Ina
epitaph OF the eminent hal lister Sir
John Strange:
Here lies the honest lawycr-tha, fs
Strange"
And by what an outrageous Quibpa
has the name of VIM. Burton, ESQ, been
handed down to Immortality. Tue epi.
taph is to be seen in 4 chWchyard Near
Salisbury;
go sun, moon, stars and ye celestial
poles
Are graves, then, dwindled into Burqo
holesl'
There is something quaint and touch,
ing in this epitaph Of Grinaldi the dis,
tinguishcd clown.
Here Am l.
One of the best Of this brclcr kind
was produced by Jerrold, whose wit did
not always wear so courteous 4 dress
Charles Knight, the Shaksperean critic
was the subject, and the words
Good Knight
Professional rivalry produced this III
natured inscription for the tombstoneoI
a Western editor
Here lies an Editor"
1t is added that the injured man re.
commended the author to use the in.
scriptiou as motto for his own journal.
OF historic epitaphs the best is this
one, on one of Shakspeares actors
Exit Burbage."
In q similar vein a wit gave cOupet
to Mrs. Oldheld, the most celebrated
actress of her day:
This we must OWE, in justice to her shade
The first bad exit Olddeld ever made.
Something of the compliment is here
sacrificed to make the point. 1t Us the
reverse of Malcom's Eulogy on Cowder
Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving of 1t.
The comedian Foote takes his turn
thus:
Eoote from his earthly stage, alas is
hurled;
Death took him of, who took off all the
world.
Westminster Abbey has some notable
eptaphs. This, by Samuel Wesley, is
on the monument Of Butler, the author
of Hudibras:
When Butler, needy wretch was still
alive,
No generous patron would a dinner give,
See him. when starved to death and
turned to dust,
Presented with a monumental bust
The poets fate is here in emblem shone
He asked for bread and received but
stone.
This couplet ON monument to John
Gay, the poet, Thackeray's Little
French Able is hardly suited to 4
christian church:
Life is a jest, and all things show it,
| thought so once and now know it,
And what a defiance there is in this
on the monument of that gallant sold.
Ter" Thomas We're:
When We're sought death, armed with
his sword and shield,
Death was afraid to meet him N the
field;
But when his weapons he had laid aside,
Death like a coward struck him aud he
died.
Sir Thomas Perkins, the great wrest-
Ter, caused monument to be built for
himself on which was sculpture in re-
lief, depicting death in the act of throw
ing Sir Thomas. The epitaph, which IS
in Latin, reads as follows:
Here lies the chief, who once threw all
Thrown by the conquering arm 0,
death,
Who ne'er had given the knight a fall
But that he found him out Of breath
But boast not, death with empty prid.
Thy strength the day will com
when he
Arising with fresh breath supplied
Shall vanquish Time and conquol
thee
Miss Long was beautiful actress o.
the last century SO short in stature tha'
she was known as the pocket Venus
Her cpitaph concludes
Though long, yet short,
Though short, yet Pretty Long.
Bancroft Archbishop Of CaulerDur /
was a covctOUs man, and this pasqrDa
ding epitaph was put on him:
Here lies his Grace, in cold clay clad
Who died for want OF what he had
The reverse OF this is on Mr. Jane
Wordsdalc, a very liberal man:
Eager to get, but not to get the peIf;
A friend to all mankind; but not him.
sell"
We close our list with a pathetic ID
scription placed by an honest Illinois
farmer over the double grave of spar
Of favOrite horses struck down by light
ming, and buried in his front yard
Peace to their Names