An Epitaph Inscribed on a Stone, That Covers His Father, Mother, and Brother

Ye sacred spirits! while your friends distress'd Weep o'er your ashes, and lament the bless'd; O let the pensive Muse inscribe that stone, And with the general sorrows mix her own: The pensive Muse!—who, from this mournful hour, Shall raise her voice, and wake the string no more! Of love, of duty this last pledge receive; 'Tis all a brother, all a son can give.