Ah! fmite thy breaft, and drop a tear, For know thy SHENSTONE'S duft lies here. R. Gs. and J. Hodgetts.

A. O. P.

Of manners mild, and a benignant heart, That in each friend's affliction fhar'd a part.

rove,

For focial worth by all he liv'd approv'd,
And died regretted, honour'd, and belov'd.
What tho' no more (alas!) allow'd to
[grove,
With learned eafe, thro' Shenftone's claffic
Tho' fpar'd no longer, to protect that
[round,
Which the lov'd Poet's genius hovers
Tho' the fine form, by a too early doom,
Be left to moulder in this votive tomb,
Th' unfetter'd fpirit fooner wings her way
To higher joys, in fcenes of endless day.
This tomb was raifed by his widow,

ground,

of the deceased; on the right a female figure, with a dog at her feet; and in a kneeling pofture feems to reprefent Fidelity paying her devoirs at his tomb. The Major is dreffed in that cloathing which reprefents him as having put off mortality, yet fympathizes with and feels that attention which is paid to his memory.

"To the memory of
JOHN DELAP HALLIDAY, efq.
late of Castlemaine
in the ftewartry of
Kirkudbright;

and of the Leafowes
in the county of Salop;
and a major in the army.

He was born Sept. 29th, 1749.
He married Oct. 238, 1771,
Jane,

youngest daughter of
Sir Lionel Tollemache,
baronet, 4th Earl of
Dyfart, and knight of
the antient order of
the Thistle, by
the Lady Grace Cateret,
eldest daughter of
John Earl of Granville,
by whom he had iffue
four fons and

one daughter.
He died at the Leafowes,
June 24th, 1794, and
was buried in this church.
His mind

was enlightened by ftudy,
his heart was benevolent,
bis friendships
were fincere,
and his generofity
always
afforded protection
to the unfortunate,
and relief to the
needy.co

With native genius blefs'd, and liberal mind,
A zeal for learning, and a tafte refin'd;

and Francis, his furviving fons, as a teftimony of their affection for his virtues, and of deep regret for their own irrepara ble lofs."

On a neat monument, against one of the North pillars, in the nave.

"M. S.

Humfri Pefhall, huj. par. fil. D'ni. Joh'is de Holly Hall, in agro Staff. B'ti, uxorem duxit Maria' fil. R. Biount de Rowley, ex qua fufcep't

Joh. Laur. Hum. Maria' Eliz. Jana'. Ob't Jul. 12. 1650, æt. 51.

Joh. fil. et hær. de Halle. huj. par. ex Maria fila R. Dolman de Clent, filia reliq't.

fup'Ates Eliz.Tho. Maria' Sara'.Lydia'.Obt. Mar. 1, 1670, at 50. Thomas præd. de

Hallen,

B'tus(poft mortem Tho. Pefhall de Staff.B'ti. Anno 1712, f.p.) obt. Mar. 20, 174, æ.62. huic pept. uxor ei Eliz. fil. J. Grove de Hafbury.

Thomam B'tum,defunct Sej Sept.14,1759,æt77. f. Sami. Saunders de Omberfly Vig. nuptias contraxit, et prolem hab't Eliz. Tho. Joh.Saunders, Sam. Tho.oht. Dudlie. Jan. 6. 1759,6.p.ld.Sam. Nov. 18,753,et Saunders, Sept. 10, 1754. Antique.etEz.Sep.5,1774, Cam. Anna.(quæ obrit) Jul.6, 1770.2.77.

Arms. Argent, a crofs flory, Sable; on a dexter canton, Azure, a wolf's head, erafed Argent. On a finifter -canton, Argent, a lion rampant double queued Gules, ducally crowned, Or, with the arms of Ulfter. Crest, a boar's head, couped at the neck, tufked and crined Or. Motto, Suum cuique. On a plain ftone:

"Here lieth the body of THOMAS PESHALL, late of Hawn, gent. who departed this life the 20th day of March A. D. 1714, and was buried on the 22d of March, in the 63d year of his age.

Memento mori.

On

"To the memory of JOSEPH HINCHLEY, gent. of Hales Owen,

late furgeon in the fervice of the

Hon. Eaft-India Company, who died at the Cape of Good Hope, on his voyage homewards towards his native country, the 21ftday of Jan. 1776, aged 51."

On a neat monument againft the South wall:

"In memory of
ELIJAH UNDERHILL,
who departed this life.
Feb. the 20, 1732, aged 71.
Alfo of MARY, his wife,
who departed this life
March 4, 1742; aged 51.
Likewife in memory of
JOSIAH GREEN, who died Feb. 13th,
1769, in the 47th year of his age.
Reader, delay not;

for thine hour is at hand.
Allo in memory of MARY the wife
of Jofiah Green, who departed this
life on the 12th day of January 1774,
aged 57.
Memento mori."

On a finall ftone near the above:

"Here lieth the body of

ANN, wife of ELIJAH UNDERHILL. She departed this life Dec. 3, M.DCC.XIV. aged about 60.

O that I could invent fo fweet a rhime,
To make each reader learn the worth of

time:

Now live and love, watch, pray, and ftill

endeavour [ever, To please the Lord, and thou shalt live for Extarick joys featt bleifed fouls above, Clafped in arms of everlafting love."

On a handfome monument near the font:

"To the memory of
WILLIAM GREEN.
As a husband, father, and friend,
he obferved the precepts of religion;
the principles of humanity,
and the dictates of reafon:
Preferving

in the common intercourfes of life
the fame candour and integrity..
He ended a long and painful illness
with the refignation and fortitude

becoming a Chriftian.
On the 28th of Feb. 1754,.
he departed this life

in the 58th year of his age." On a large blue ftone, in the floor near the Welt end.

"In memory of

JOHN SCOTT HYLTON, efq. lae of Lapall boufe,.

near Hales Owen, who died 23d. Feb. 1793;

aged 67 years.

A fafe companion, and an eafy friend. On a grave ftone, near the Southeaft corner of the church-yard, is the following infeription, written by William Shenftone, efq.

"Here lies interred the body of ANN, the (lovig and beloved) daughter of SAMUEL and MARY POWELL of this town.

in

She departed this life on the xx1x day of July, year of our Lord M.DCC.XLIV, in the xxth year of her age. Here, here the lies, a budding role,

ed before its bloom!

innocence did fweets difclofe,
Beyond that flower's perfume.
To those who for her death are griev'd
This confolation's givin,

She's from the ftorms of life reliev'd,.
To bloom more bright in Heav'n."
On a fall head flone:

"In memory of
JOSEPH SMITH,

late fchoolmaßer at Harborne, who died the 11th of May 1775, aged 26 years.

Lo, here I lie within the duft,

In hopes to rife

among the jult."