EPITAPH ON VOLTAIRE.

Here lies interr'd Voltaire; no letter'd name

Can boast more brilliant, more extensive fame.

On him what various gifts did heaven confer!--

Poet, historian, wit, philosopher;

But ah!--peruse it, Christian, with a tear--

The chief of infidels lies buried here:

Lament the abuse of such rare talents given;

Lament such dire ingratitude to heaven.

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