Erected at the Public expense,

TO THE MEMORY OF

Major-General

JOHN GASPARD LE-MARCHANT,

Who gloriously fell in

The Battle of

SALAMANCA.

HERE LIETH

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, KNIGHT,

The Builder of this Cathedral Church

Of St. Paul,

Who died in the year of Our Lord

M,D,CCXXIII,

And of his age XCI.

The Tomb of Sir C. Wren, in the South Aisle of the crypt, is supposed to mark the spot where the High Altar formerly stood.

IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

IN MEMORY OF

BENJAMIN BROOKSON,

Who was drowned near Kew-bridge,
July 7, 1816.

Reader beneath this tributary stone,
The ashes of a youthful victim lie,
Whose early years with virtuous lustre shone,
Whose fate recalls the sympathetic sigh.

He sought, oppress'd by summer's sultry

sun,

The grateful coolness of the chrystal wave; And found where Richmond's rapid currents

run,

On Thames' deceitful shore a wat❜ry grave.

Confiding in that Providence above,
Which guides the course of man's myste-
rious doom;

O'erwhelm'd with grief, a sorrowing father's
love,

Has rais'd this unadorn'd and humble stone.

In the Guild-Hall, in the City of London.

TO HORATIO, VISCOUNT NELSON,

Vice-Admiral of the White,

And Knight of the most honorable order of the Bath.

A man amongst the few, who appear
At different periods to have been created,
To promote the grandeur,
And add to the security of nations.

Inciting by their high example, their fellow mortals,
Through all succeeding times, to pursue
The course that leads to the exaltation of our
Imperfect nature.

Providence that implanted in Nelson's breast, An ardent passion for deserved renown, Had bounteously endowed him, With the transcendant talents, necessary to the Great purpose he was destined to accomplish.

At an early period of his life,

He entered into the Naval services of his Country,
And early were the instances,

Which marked the fearless nature,
And daring enterprize of his character.

Uniting to the loftiest spirit,
And the justest title to self-confidence,
A strict and humble obedience,

To the Sovereign rule of Discipline and Subordination.

Rising by due gradation to Command,
He infused into the bosoms of those he led,
The valorous ardour and enthusiastic zeal for
The service of his King and Country,
Which animated his own.

And while he acquired the love of all,
By the sweetness and moderation of his temper.
He inspired universal confidence,

In the never-failing resources of his capacious mind.
It will be for History to relate,
The many great exploits through which
Solicitous of peril, and regardless of wounds,
He became the glory of his Profession.

But it belongs to this brief record

Of his illustrious career, to say that he commanded
And conquered at the Battles of
The Nile and Copenhagen;
Victories never before equalled,

Yet afterwards surpassed by his own last achievement,
The Battle of Trafalgar,

Fought on the 21st day of October, 1805.

On that day before the conclusion of the Action,
He fell mortally wounded,

But the sources of life and sense failed not,
Until it was made known to him

That the destruction of the Enemy being completed,
The glory of his Country, and his own,
Had attained their summit;

Then laying his hand on his brave heart, With a look of exalted resignation to the will of the Supreme Disposer of the fate of men and nations, He expired.

The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London, have caused this monument to be erected, not in the presumptuous hope of sustaining the departed Hero's memory; but to manifest their estimation of the man, and their admiration of his deeds. This testimony of their gratitude they trust will remain, as long as their own renowned City shall exist.

The period to NELSON's fame can only be the end of time.

In Poplar Church and Church-Yard,

ON GEORGE STEVENS, Esq.

Who died in the 64th year of his age, 1800.

Peace to these reliques once the bright attire,
Of spirit sparkling with no common fire!
How oft has pleasure in the social hour,
Smil'd at his wit's exhilarating power!