AN EPITAPH, Caleb Smith Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T124631 1073 K099398.000 Mendez, Moses. A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry: that have appeared for several years. With variety of originals, by the late Moses Mendez, Esq; and other contributors to Dodsley's collection. To which this is intended as a supplement. London printed for Richardson and Urquhart 1767 p. 214. [8],320p. ; 8⁰.

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AN EPITAPH , WRITTEN BY MR. CALEB SMITH UPON HIS WIFE . IF beauty's fairest form , and each bright charm , That with soft love th' enamour'd soul does warm ; If sprightly fancy with sound judgment join'd ; Good nature , sweet deportment , sense refin'd ; And what we highest prize , — a virtuous mind ; If conduct blameless , and unblemish'd life , In every state of virgin , widow , wife ; Amidst a world of follies , flatt'ries , cares , and strife ; If nicest honour , spotless purity , Firm faith , fair hope , and boundless charity ; Unerring prudence , strict regard to truth ; And deathless fame acquir'd in bloom of youth ; If these , or any grace , had power to save The best of wives and women from the grave : If all men's wishes , and the husband's pray'r ; The force of drugs , or wise physician's care , Cou'd respite righteous heaven's severe decree , To rend a blessing from the world and me ; Then , rueful Pancras , none had ever read Maria's honour'd name among thy dead . Aug. 19 , 1747.