The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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CHARACTER OF THE REVEREND NICHOLAS FAYTING.
On this same Spot, the Muses first
His infant dawn of Genius nurst:
On this same Spot, they soon confest
His toils to public use addrest;
His care coercive, yet benign,
Endearing stricter discipline;
And blending in the Teacher's part,
The Censor's eye, the Parent's heart.
His infant dawn of Genius nurst:
On this same Spot, they soon confest
His toils to public use addrest;
His care coercive, yet benign,
Endearing stricter discipline;
And blending in the Teacher's part,
The Censor's eye, the Parent's heart.
In Priestly Character, his zeal
Was what Conviction ought to feel:
Inflexibly severe, to tread
Where personal Duty's limits led;
And live in act, and be in thought,
A Comment on the Truths he taught.
Was what Conviction ought to feel:
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Where personal Duty's limits led;
And live in act, and be in thought,
A Comment on the Truths he taught.
His social hour's conspicuous merit
Was cheerful, yet corrected, Spirit;
That rais'd in each surrounding breast,
The same Good-humour it exprest.
Was cheerful, yet corrected, Spirit;
That rais'd in each surrounding breast,
The same Good-humour it exprest.
His Judgment was a ray, that glow'd
To light strong Sense, thro' Reason's road:
Trac'd Worth's true price; and left Deceit
To work at will, it's own defeat.
To light strong Sense, thro' Reason's road:
Trac'd Worth's true price; and left Deceit
To work at will, it's own defeat.
His Charity had a double drift,
To give—and to conceal the gift;
Anxious to see the Good it dealt,
Not number'd, not describ'd—but felt!
To give—and to conceal the gift;
Anxious to see the Good it dealt,
Not number'd, not describ'd—but felt!
Excellence so rare, from human view,
With Him, you lov'd so long, withdrew:—
—Yet why the falling star deplore?—
Heaven gains one Luminary more!
The Light his Life has ceas'd to give,
Will ev'n in his example live:
And Memory's grateful Incense burn,
Diffusing Radiance from his Urn!
With Him, you lov'd so long, withdrew:—
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Heaven gains one Luminary more!
The Light his Life has ceas'd to give,
Will ev'n in his example live:
And Memory's grateful Incense burn,
Diffusing Radiance from his Urn!
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