Fiery and young, and uncontrol'd, He'll out thy foot, though ne'er fo And horfe to boot many, if thou hadst any. But fee Argyle with watchful eyes, He waits to fpring upon his prey; The Earl of Forfar. He was killed at the battle of Sheriff Muir. Monroe was one of the vaffals of the Earl of Sutherland. Toa Too good for his pretended birth. -Then down fhall fall the king of Perth. Heav'n fhall for ever on him fmile, Shalt burn thy clan, and curfe poor Jocky. ΤΟ Sir GODFREY KNELLER, k T At his COUNTRY SEAT. 1 By the Same. O Whitton's fhades, and Hounslow's airy plain, Thou, Kneller, tak'st thy summer flights in vain, In vain thy with gives all thy rural hours To the fair villa, and well-ordered bowers; To * This celebrated Painter was born at Lubeck, in the year 1648. He received his first inftruction in the school of Rembrant, but afterwards became a difciple of Ferdinand Bols, under whofe direction he To court thy pencil, early at thy gates How can't thou hope to fly the world, in vain ftudied a confiderable time. After travelling to Rome and Ve→ nice, he came to England in the reign of Charles the IId. and continued there during the remainder of his life. He was created a baronet by king George the first, and died 26 October 1723. Whitton, near Hampton Court, where Sir Godfrey built an elegant house, in which he chiefly refided during the latter part of his life. m Sir Godfrey was fent to France by Charles the IId. to draw the picture of Lewis the IVth. " Cosmo, Grand Duke of Tuscany, requested Sir Godfrey's picture to adorn the famous Florentiue gallery; where it is ftill to be feen. Let Let the faint copier, on old Tyber's fhore, ་་། Th' industrious workman fails to warm the whole! Thee Nature taught, nor Art her aid deny'd, A mind that grafps the whole is rarely found, ΟΝ OF By the Same. defcends : F Marlb'rough's captains and Eugenio's friends, The laft, CADOGAN to the grave Low lies each head whence Blenheim's glory fprung, The chiefs who conquer'd, and the bards who fung. From his cold corfe though every friend be fled, Lo! Envy waits, that lover of the dead. Thus did fhe feign o'er Naffau's herse to mourn; Thus wept infiduous, Churchill, o'er thy urn; To blaft the living, gave the dead their due, And wreaths, herself had tainted, trim'd anew. • This Nobleman died on the 17th July 1726. He was one who at~ tended the great Duke of Marlborough in every action of confequence, in the reign of Queen Anne, and was so much confided in by him, that, the marking out the camp during the war, was always entrusted to his care. Soon after the acceffion of George the Ift. he was created Lord Cadogan, and in the year 1718 an Earl by the fame title. He fucceeded the Duke of Marlborough, as Mafter General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the first regiment of Foot Guards, both which he was poffeffed of, at the time of his death. P Prince Eugene's. Thou |