Note 59 — THE LIFE OF COWPER. PART THE FIRST. (continued 3)
Reading edition
These lines of Mr. Unwin, and here retouched by Cowper's pen, bear a strong resemblance to the beautiful Epitaph composed by Bishop Lowth, on the death of his beloved daughter, which seem to have suggested some hints, in the composition of the above epitaph to Northcote.
Cara, vale, ingenio præstans, pietate, pudore, Et plus quam natæ nomine cara, vale. Cara Maria, vale: at veniet felicius ævum, Quando iterum tecum, sim modo dignus, ero. Cara redi, lætâ tum dicam voce, paternos Eja age in amplexus, cara Maria, redi.