INSCRIPTION For a Stone erected at the Sowing of a Grove of Oaks at Chillington, the Seat of T. Griffurd, Esq. 1790. [June 1790.] OTHER stones the era tell, Which shall longest brave the sky, Pass an age or two away, I must moulder and decay, But the years that crumble me Cherish honor, virtue, truth, Stone at heart, and cannot grow. K ANOTHER, For a Stone erected on a similar occasion at the same place in the following year. [June 1790.] READER! Behold a monument Anno 1791. HYMN FOR THE USE OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AT OLNEY. [July 1790.] HEAR, Lord, the song of praise and pray'r, In heaven thy dwelling-place, From infants made the public care And taught to seek thy face! Thanks for thy Word and for thy Day; And grant us, we implore, Thanks that we hear---but oh impart To each desires sincere, That we may listen with our heart, For if vain thoughts the minds engage What hope that at our heedless age Much hope, if thou our spirits take Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows, A sun that ne'er declines; And be thy mercies show'r'd on those *Note by the Editor. This Hymn was written at the request of the Rev. James Bean, then Vicar of Olney, to be sung by the children of the Sunday Schools of that town, after a Charity Ser mon, preached at the Parish Church for their benefit, on Sunday, July 31, 1790. STANZAS On the late indecent Liberties taken with the Remains of the great Milton,---Anno 1790. [August 1790.] "ME too, perchance, in future days, "The sculptur'd stone shall show, "With Paphian myrtle or with bays "Parnassian on my brow. "Shall reach my refuge in the tomb, "And sleep securely there."* So sang, in Roman tone and style, Who then but must conceive disdain Of wretches who have dar'd prophane *Forsitan et nostros ducat de marmore vultus MILTON IN MANSO. Ill fare the hands that heav'd the stones Where Milton's ashes lay, That trembled not to grasp his bones O ill-requited bard! neglect TO MRS. KING ON Her kind Present to the Author, a Putch-work Counterpane of her own making. [August 14, 1790.] THE Bard, if e'er he feel at all, Both on his heart and head, Το with tuneful thanks the care And kindness of a Lady fair Who deigns to deck his bed. A bed like this, in ancient time, |