Ye weeping muses, graces, virtues tell
| First Line | Ye weeping muses, graces, virtues tell |
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| Author | George Lyttelton |
| Date | 1749 |
| Description | Elegy [Celebrities; Public affairs]. Transcribed from Lyttleton, George. "Inscription intended for the Monument of Captain Grenville." London magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, 1 November 1749, p. 523. American Antiquarian Society, accession number 33978018. |
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Transcription
Ye weeping muses, graces, virtues tell,
If, since your all-accomplish’d Sidney fell,
You, or afflicted Britain, e’er deplor’d
A loss like that these plaintive lays record;
Such spotless honour, such ingenuous truth,
Such ripen’d wisdom in the bloom of youth;
So mild, so gentle, so compos’d a mind,
To such heroick warmth and courage join’d.
He too, like Sidney, nurs’d in learning’s arms,
For nobler war forsook her softer charms;
Like him possest of ev’ry pleasing art,
The secret wish of ev’ry female heart;
Like him cut off in youthful glory’s pride,
He unrepining for his country dy’d.
But nobler far, and greater is the praise,
So bright to shine in these degen’rate days;
An age of heroes kindled Sidney’s fire:
His inborn worth alone cou'd Grenville’s deeds inspire.
Beinecke Osborn fc51
| Title | The Parson's Barn A Collection of Poems of v [...] |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 227.
Local title: To the memory of Capt. Grenville, who was slain on board the Defiance, in the engagement with the French fleet on the 3rd day of May 1747.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: Also appears on p. 221 of this manuscript.
Beinecke Osborn fc51
| Title | The Parson's Barn A Collection of Poems of v [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 221
Local title: Verses to the Memory of Capt. Grenville, who was slain on board the Defiance, in the Engagement with the French fleet on the 3d Day of May 1747.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: Also appears on p. 227 of this manuscript.
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 39
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
p. 192.
Local title: To the Memory of Capt. Grenville.
Attributed author: G.M.
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Leeds Brotherton Lt 119
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
p. 95, #38.
Local title: On the Death of Captain Grenville.
Attributed author: Mr G— L—
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: n/a