Note 36 — HOGARTH.
Reading edition
The verses, as first written by Mr. Garrick, and now in the possession of Mr. James Townley, are as follows:—
"If thou hast genius, reader, stay; If thou hast feeling, drop the tear;— If thou hast neither,—hence, away, For Hogarth's dear remains lie here. His matchless works, of fame secure, Shall live our country's pride and boast, As long as nature shall endure, And only in her wreck be lost."