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On John Foster, Esq. of that town.

Nomen, decus, Tellus meum,

Quid referunt hæc ad te

Genus etiamque meum,

Clarum quid aut humile?

Forsan omnes alios longè

Ego antecellui,

Forsan cunctis aliis valdè

(Nam quid tunc?) succubui.

Ut hoc tu vides tumulum

Hospes certè satis est,

Ejus tu scis benè usum

Tegit—“Nihil” interest.

Translation.

My name, my country, what are they to thee?

What, whether high or low, my pedigree?

Perhaps I surpassed by far all other men,

Perhaps I fell below them all, what then?

Suffice it, stranger, that thou seest a tomb,

Its use thou knowest; it hides—“no matter whom.”