An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire of Auchinleck -- Addressed to the Rev. Dr. T. D. By the Rev. Samuel Martin |
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And who can meet the Ciceroni here,
And not his every character appear?
Alas! his foibles, artlessly conceal'd,
Shine through, where worth and virtues are reveal'd:
Nor does the moral visitant explore
Beyond; for Boswell is, alas, no more!
And the too prominent he notes, to say,
“See, my young friends! from what to turn away:
Your faithful pilot, on a precious coast,
Calls out, what has been, and what may be, lost;
Whence is your danger, how you may escape
Damage and wrong, in an alluring shape.”
And not his every character appear?
Alas! his foibles, artlessly conceal'd,
Shine through, where worth and virtues are reveal'd:
Nor does the moral visitant explore
Beyond; for Boswell is, alas, no more!
And the too prominent he notes, to say,
“See, my young friends! from what to turn away:
Your faithful pilot, on a precious coast,
Calls out, what has been, and what may be, lost;
Whence is your danger, how you may escape
Damage and wrong, in an alluring shape.”
| An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire | |