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      - Bircfcs Correspondence . fCommunicated by a friend , who copied the letters from the originals among Dr . Birch ' spapers in the , Museum , ( see Ayscpugh Cat . ) and has furnished the notes . Ep . J See p . 204 . . ' ¦ ' No . i .. : . :

      Rev . Mr . Birch * to Mrs . Hoive . St . Johns Z > ane , Clerhenwell , _ -v . y - ¦}¦ < . -1 ¦ ' •/ = : ' : .. - ; April , 1730 ^ .. riOHE known good-nature of Mrs . JL Rowe v ^ ill * perhaps , excuse this

      intrusion from any aj > o ! ogies 1 might make ; and ill this feoiifiderioe I present you , MaSkm , mtb the ! folloWfrrg verses ^ which were composed ia | £ lie interval ftefore' th £ Vdear s $ ty &eit lof them was interred , t Whatever , ni £ rit

      * This is one •¦ V 6 f * 'Chir very few Copies by Dr . Birch , of his own letters ^ aiilong the largpe cof lecticm of autographs , wbich he thus trirehtions in hfii will : 4 < With

      reg-ard to the collection of letters written to myself , I desire that tliey may be committed to the custody af the principal librarian , for the time being , and continue -there for the space of thirty ye&TS after my decease ; and that , after the

      expiration of such term , they be placed in the department of MSS ., as they may possibly be some small addition to the literary History of my own Times . " Dr . Birch died January 0 , 1766 . BiogI-Brit . ' ' 11 ' . 318 . ... ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ " •¦ r . " -- - - . r v -

      - } - These verses were dated August 3 , 1729 , and thus entitled , ** On the death of his beloved wife . Written by her husband on her coffin . " They were inserted ia the second volume of Mrs . Howe ' s Miscellaneous Works ^ ( pp . 1 33—1 37 , ) jind from thence copied into Dr . ' IJircKVLife , by Dr . Kippis , in Biog . Brit , where is also the following-interesting * relation ^ '

      In 1728 Mr . Birch " married the daug- | iter of one Mr . Cox , ja clergyman to ivhom he was curate 5 and in this union lie was singularly happy : but his felicity waa of sltort duration , Mrs . Birch dying in l&ss than twelve months after their marriage . The disorder which carried her off was a puerperal ferer and almost in the very

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      there may be in the sentiments , is entirely owing -tot ybur Letters from the Dead } tvhich sug ^ elted stich 110-bleatid refined x » onsi 4 ^ ratioris of futurity ^ as ajjeviatted tlie keenest sorrow 1 ' Was ever s ^ i ^ ible of * I have sonaetimes flattered myself , that the scheme these ver ^ e ^ rapeifo imde d upon * might render them not unworthy a place in

      the second part of tlm lettets which , itiis said ^ you ititelid to f&voti r the w < irM with ; iiibiightiiy sole ambition in insinuating ttiis , is to Continue , by merits pt your , writings , the memory of jt person , w ho , ; \! fith ajl the virtues and grsices > tli ^ . t / Can . " . ^ hitp ifl ; one subjeqt > f' ci ^ i n ^ a of ja ^ e -jtii § ,- < particular

      article of h ^ r cjeath ^ Jie w ^ 4 >^ - Uy her hus . hand jth ^ foJlowing letter : £ : _} T $ m day I xetviga you ^ iny dearest lifej my sinc ^ ire , h ^» r ^ 5 thanks , for every favour bestowed on you # . most faithful and obedient "wife , , i - - ^ HANNAH BIRCH .

      v j . , ; BitgivBtit * II .: 31 ? . * They are quite in Mrs ^ Rowe r s mannep . Taking 1 for gtattteiha separate , state , according to the common notion which assigns to man , strictly speakittgy no death but an uninterrupted life ; the deceased is tljus Supposed to console the mourner : - ¦!¦» weep no more Though transient scenes of life are o ' er * New worlds now open to my view 5 Bliss , knowledge , virttie , boundless , true 3 Where souls with social raptures glow ; , While sin and verigeantee reign below . Hence nig-htly I , thy guardian pow ' r ^ Forever conscious of the hour . That joined our hearts , descend to keep My dearest charge 5 to watch thy . sleep , Hint softer dreams ; to chase awa ^ r - Black error ' s mist and brig-ht display * The foi * in of virtue to thy stgfbt ; - © art o * er thy soul % Btrorlger 4 igbt 5 In leasoiri ' s voice to whisper stilly 7 ' o purer bliss direct'thy wilt v ' " ' A beamy cloud around you throw , And viewless guide you as you go . Ihid-\ Th ere were " two Latin epitaphs drawn up for her ; one hy her hus ^ aud ,

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      No . CLII . J AUGUST , 1818 . [ Vol . XIII .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1818, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2479/page/1/