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L^d Jersey dead—no great Villiers! What a grand Monument he will have no doubt after lying in State so!¹ I was thinking these Lines might do for the Inscription.

That Man’s made up of Dust & Pride,
    This Monument may show;
One flourishes you see, Outside:
    The other—rots below.—

That Man’s made up of Dust & Pride
    May by this Tomb be seen;
One glittering thus on the Outside
    Whilst t’other rots within.

All Things must rot I often hear-say
Let them be Silk or Stuff—or Jersey

Hester also wrote the following similar verses…

That Man of Dust & Pride is made
    This Monument may show,
One lifts aloft its Towering head
    While t’other rots below.

Man’s form’d of Dust & Pride ’tis said
    And both may here be found;
One in this Monument display’d
    The other under-ground.

Footnotes

1. George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey died Tunbridge Wells 22 August 1805, born 9 June 1735.↩︎