[220:1]Taken from the text of Ainsworth's novel, which gives a clear and picturesque account. It is also accurate, and based on the best accounts extant.
[220:1]Taken from the text of Ainsworth's novel, which gives a clear and picturesque account. It is also accurate, and based on the best accounts extant.
[221:1]Quoted from the "Tyburn Calendar," the wording of which is copied in all other accounts.
[221:1]Quoted from the "Tyburn Calendar," the wording of which is copied in all other accounts.
[223:1]The following stanzas were written at the time, and appeared in theBritish Journalof Nov. 28, 1724:"Thornhill, 'tis thine to gild with fameThe obscure and raise the humble name;To make the form elude the grave,And Sheppard from oblivion save.Tho' life in vain the wretch implores,An exile on the farthest shores,Thy pencil brings a kind reprieve,And bids the dying robber live.. . . . . . .Apelles Alexander drew,Cæsar is to Aurelius due,Cromwell in Lilly's works doth shine,And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine."
[223:1]The following stanzas were written at the time, and appeared in theBritish Journalof Nov. 28, 1724:
"Thornhill, 'tis thine to gild with fameThe obscure and raise the humble name;To make the form elude the grave,And Sheppard from oblivion save.Tho' life in vain the wretch implores,An exile on the farthest shores,Thy pencil brings a kind reprieve,And bids the dying robber live.. . . . . . .Apelles Alexander drew,Cæsar is to Aurelius due,Cromwell in Lilly's works doth shine,And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine."
"Thornhill, 'tis thine to gild with fameThe obscure and raise the humble name;To make the form elude the grave,And Sheppard from oblivion save.Tho' life in vain the wretch implores,An exile on the farthest shores,Thy pencil brings a kind reprieve,And bids the dying robber live.. . . . . . .Apelles Alexander drew,Cæsar is to Aurelius due,Cromwell in Lilly's works doth shine,And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine."
"Thornhill, 'tis thine to gild with fame
The obscure and raise the humble name;
To make the form elude the grave,
And Sheppard from oblivion save.
Tho' life in vain the wretch implores,
An exile on the farthest shores,
Thy pencil brings a kind reprieve,
And bids the dying robber live.
. . . . . . .
Apelles Alexander drew,
Cæsar is to Aurelius due,
Cromwell in Lilly's works doth shine,
And Sheppard, Thornhill, lives in thine."