The Late Floyd — 168
A gifted poet has perpetrated the following epitaph on the late Floyd:—
“Floyd has died and few have sobb’d,
Since, had he lived, all had been robb’d;
He’s paid Dame Nature’s debt, ’tis said—
The only one he ever paid.
Some doubt that he resign’d his breath;
But vow that he has cheated even death.
If he is buried, oh! then, ye dead beware;
Look to your swaddlings, of your shrouds take care.
Lest Floyd should to your coffins make his way,
And steal the linen from your mould’ring clay.”