Specimens of American poetry :: :: University of Virginia Library

Specimens of American poetry

with critical and biographical notices

VOL. I.

VOL. II.

VOL. III.

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EPITAPH OF MORNAI DU PLESSIS, IMITATED FROM THE LATIN OF GROTIUS.

Nobility of soul, by nature given,
Nobler than blood of proud ancestral line;
Skill in the laws of men, and truths of Heaven,
Maturest counsel; eloquence divine,
With Mornai here repose;—his tomb their hallow'd shrine.