The remains of HENRY CORSER of this parish, Chirurgeon, who Deceased
April 11, 1691, and Annie his wife, who followed him the next day
after:--
We man and wife,
Conjoined for Life,
Fetched our last breath
So near that Death,
Who part us would,
Yet hardly could.
Wedded againe,
In bed of dust,
Here we remaine,
Till rise we must.
A double prize this grave doth finde,
If you are wise keep it in minde.
In St. Anne's Churchyard, Soho, erected by the Earl of Orford (Walpole),
in 1758, these lines were (or are) to be read:--
Near this place is interred
THEODORE, King of Corsica,
Who died in this Parish
December XI., MDCCLVI.,
Immediately after leaving
The _King's Bench Prison_,
By the benefit of the _Act of Insolvency_;
In consequence of which
He _registered his Kingdom of Corsica
For the use of his Creditors_!
The grave--great teacher--to a level brings
Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings!
But THEODORE this moral learned, ere dead;
Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head,
Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread.