398 MfiMOIRS OF 



is elegant; the eulogy clofing with the 

 name of 'it's fubjed has an happy effeft. 



Soon after the death of that varioufly- 

 charming Poet, Mafon, Dr. Darwin wrote 

 an Epitaph which he defigned fhould be 

 engraven on his monument. We may be 

 certain, however, that it has not there been 

 infcribed. As an infcription for an urn in 

 a garden or grove, alter a few of the 

 lines for that purpofe, and the verfes are 

 excellent, though, from being utterly with- 

 out religious hope or truft, they are impro- 

 per for a tomb-ftone. 



FOR THE MONUMENT OF THE REV, 

 W. MASON, BY DR. DARWIN. 



Thefe aweful manfions of the honor'd Dead 

 Oft (hall the Mufe of Melancholy tread $ 

 The wreck of Virtue and of Genius mourn, 

 And point, with pallid hand, to Mafon's urn. 

 Oft fhall fhe gather from his garden bowers * 

 F;6titious foliage and ideal flowers -, 



* Alluding to the poem, Ecjglifli Garden. 



Weave 



