Age call'd, at length, his active mind to reft, Е Р І Т А Р Н CLAUDE ON PHILLIPS, An ITINERANT MUSICIAN *. PHILLIPS! whofe touch harmonious could remove Reft here, diftreft by poverty no more, * These lines are among Mrs. Williams's Mifcellanies; they are, nevertheless, recognized as Johnson's, in a memorandum of his hand-writing, and were probably written at her request. Phillips was a travelling fidler up and down Wales, and was greatly celebrated for his performance. EPITAPH EPITAPH Mr. FOR HOGAR T H. THE hand of him here torpid lies, That drew th' effential form of grace; LATIN EPITAPH ON Dr. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. OLIVARII GOLDSMITH, Poeta, Phyfici, Historici, Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit Sive rifus effent movendi Sive lacrymæ. Affectuum potens at lenis dominator Oratione grandis nitidus venuftus. Amicorum fides Lectorum veneratio. Natus Hibernia Fornia Lonfordienfis In loco cui nomen Pallas Obiit Londini April IV. M.DCC.LXXIV. Though at the fame time a gentle tyrant ; His expreffion at once noble, His memory will last As long as fociety retains affection, Hic conditur quod reliquum eft HENRICI THRALE, Qui res feu civilis, feu domefticas, ita egit Ut vitam illi longiorem multi optarent Ut Ut quam brevem effet, habiturus prefcire videretur. In Senatu, Regi, Patriæque Vulgi obftrepentis, contempar animofus Ley es Confortis, tumuli habet, Rodolphum, patrem Proripuit. Domus fœlix & opulenta quam erexit Et vicibus rerum, humanarum perfpectis |