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Three kingdoms claim his birth;
Two hemispheres proclaim his worth.

165. On an English Baronet, in the time of Henry the Third:—

All Christian men in my behalf,
Pray for the soul of Sir John Calf.

166. On John Rosewell, A.D. 1687:—

This grave’s a bed of roses—here doth lie
John Rosewell, gent;—his wife nine children by.

167. From Wolstanton. On Anne Jennings:—

Some have children, some have none;
Here lies the mother of twenty-one.

168. From Barrow Churchyard. On Mr. Stone:—

Jerusalem’s curse is not fulfilled in me,
For here a stone upon a Stone you see.

169. On John White, in the Temple Church, London:—

Here lies John, a burning, shining light,
Whose name, life, actions, all alike were White.

170. On Dr. Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. 1736:—

Alack and well a-day!
Potter himself is turned to clay.

171. From Westminster Abbey. On John Gay, the Poet, said to
have been written by himself:—