Note 223:1 — Chapter VII · REMARKABLE ESCAPES
Reading edition
The following stanzas were written at the time, and appeared in the British Journal of Nov. 28, 1724:
"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."