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TO GEORGE MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM, 



A beloved Parent, 

 An illustrious and able Statesman, 

 This Urn is dedicated 



by 



RICHARD MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM, 



Lamenting his loss, 

 Venerating his memory, 

 And anxious to emulate his example. 

 A.D. 1814. 



Upon the Piedestal is the following quotation from Cicero. 



Haec est mea, et fratris mei 

 Germana patria : 

 Hinc enim orti stirpe antiquissima : 

 Hie Sacra, hie gens, 

 Hie majorum multa vestigia. 

 Quid plura? 

 Hanc vides villam, 

 Ut nunc quidem est, 

 Lautius aedificatam 

 Patris nostri studio ; 

 Qui 



Cum esset infirma valetudine, 

 Hie fere aetatem egit. 



Cicero de legib. 1. 2. 



To me, and to my Brother, 

 These scenes are endeared, 

 As those of the land that gave us birth ! 

 Sprung from an ancient race, 

 Here we see ourselves surrounded, 

 By all that hereditary recollection 

 Can render sacred to us, 

 As well as by the traces 

 Of those who are gone before us — 

 Can more be said 1 

 Behold this place, 

 Improved, extended, and adorned, 

 By the hand of 

 A beloved Father, 

 Who under these shades, 

 Passed his declining days ! 



Cicero de legib. 1. 2. 



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