то HER GRACE THE DUTCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE THE FOLLOWING TRIFLING EFFUSIONS OF A VERY YOUTHFUL MUSE, ARE BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED BY HER GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED AND GRATEFUL SERVANT, HENRY KIRKE WHITE. INSCRIPTION BY WILLIAM SMYTH, Esq. PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, CAMBRIDGE; ON A MONUMENTAL TABLET, WITH A MEDALLION BY CHANTREY, ERECTED IN ALL-SAINTS' CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE, AT THE EXPENSE OF FRANCIS BOOTT, ESQ. OF BOSTON, UNITED STATES. HENRY KIRKE WHITE, Born March 21st, 1785; Died October 10th, 1806. WARM with fond hope, and learning's sacred flame, Pale o'er his lamp and in his cell retired, O Genius, Taste, and Piety sincere, Too early lost, midst duties too severe! Foremost to mourn was generous Southey seen, Nor told in vain-far o'er th' Atlantic wave, A Wanderer came and sought the Poet's grave. On yon low stone he saw his lonely name, And raised this fond memorial to his fame. W.S. LINES BY LORD BYRON. NO marble marks thy couch of lowly sleep, But living Statues there are seen to weep. |