An elegy on the death of The Honourable Sir William Jones a judge of the supreme court of judicature in Bengal, and president of the Asiatic Society. By William Hayley |
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 | An elegy on the death of The Honourable Sir William Jones |  |
TE PIETAS OBLITA VIRÛM, REVOCATAQUE CŒLO
JUSTITIA, ET GEMINÂ PLANGET FACUNDIA LINGUÂ,
ET PALLAS, DOCTIQUE COHORS HELICONIA PHŒBI; ------
OMNIA NAMQUE ANIMO COMPLEXUS, ET OMNIBUS AUCTOR
QUA FANDI VIA LATA PATET; SIVE ORSA LIBEBAT
AONIIS VINCIRE MODIS, SEU VOCE SOLUTA
SPARGERE, ET EFFRENO NIMBOS ÆQUARE PROFATU.
STATII SYLVARUM, Lib. v.
JUSTITIA, ET GEMINÂ PLANGET FACUNDIA LINGUÂ,
ET PALLAS, DOCTIQUE COHORS HELICONIA PHŒBI; ------
OMNIA NAMQUE ANIMO COMPLEXUS, ET OMNIBUS AUCTOR
QUA FANDI VIA LATA PATET; SIVE ORSA LIBEBAT
AONIIS VINCIRE MODIS, SEU VOCE SOLUTA
SPARGERE, ET EFFRENO NIMBOS ÆQUARE PROFATU.
STATII SYLVARUM, Lib. v.
| An elegy on the death of The Honourable Sir William Jones | |