1st from Howey

I SHOULD view it as a Degradation to the Judg-
ment of a well-informed Public, were I to attempt an
Apology for breathing a Memorial over the Tombs of the
deceased and considering that it is ever held the Chris-
tian's Duty to exalt Virtue for the Good of Survivors,
and to consign human Weakness to the

silent Grave,

Should they

I humbly present the following Pages.
haply recal one moment of Comfort to the afflicted

reflecting Parent, alleviate the corroding Pang of the
Orphan, or help to sweeten the Widow's Tear, I shall
feel myself liberally repaid.

CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

Page.

ON the Death of Mr. F. KIRKLAND, Nottingham,

On the Death of Mrs. CLARKE, Ashby,

An Address to the Grave,

A Soliloquy,

On the Death of Miss BETSY GREEN, Ashby,

On the Death of an Infant,

An Hymn,

On the Death of Mr. J. KIRKLAND, Ashby,

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On the Death of Miss P------E, Ashby,

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On the Death of the Rev. J. GLAZEBROOK, Belton,

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On the Birth of Miss CE DY, Belton,

A Morning Petition for the Lord's Day,

On the Death of the Rev. J. PRIOR, late Vicar of Ashby,

An Address to the present Vicar of Ashby,

On the Birth of Miss B---T, Loughbro',

Mr. FRANCIS KIRKLAND, of Nottingham,

(eldest Son of the late Dr. KIRKLAND, of ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.)
who died May the 18th, 1802, in the 52d Year of his Age.

'MID the keen pangs that rend the breast,
And vibrate through its ev'ry pore,

Must sad relation too molest,

And say, a Brother is no more?

Has Heav'n decreed the great command?
And bade thee breathe the parting breath?
Yes, yes! it has, and Death's cold hand
Has sever'd ev'ry tie beneath.

Amidst the fever's raging flame,
Thou oft repel'dst the dreaded foe,
And didst the fatal call proclaim,

That thou, e'en thou, must feel the blow!