than an hour, his venerable head was entirely stripped of all its silver ornaments, so that not a hair remained. He was buried in the most private manner, according to directions in his will, in the great aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral; and by way of monument, a slab of black marble was placed against the wall, on which was engraved the following Latin epitaph, written by himself: 66 HIC DEPOSITUM EST CORPUS JONATHAN SWIFT, S. T. P. HUJUS ECCLESIÆ CATHEDRALIS DECANI: UBI SEVA INDIGNATIO ULTERIUS COR LACERARE NEQUIT. ET IMITARE, SI POTERIS, STRENUUM PRO VIRILI LIBERTATIS VINDICEM. OBIIT ANNO (1745); MENSIS (OCTOBRIS) DIE (19); END OF VOL. I C. S. VAN WINKLE, PRINTER, |