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THE CHARACTER.
Here dwelt, ere marriage call'd to joy's refined,
A youth to riot and to noise unknown,
Fair poesy engaged his gentler mind,
And melancholy claim'd him for her own.
A youth to riot and to noise unknown,
Fair poesy engaged his gentler mind,
And melancholy claim'd him for her own.
Kind was his soul of softest sympathy,
Nor pass'd in vain his friendship unreturn'd;
Each old companion heav'd a parting sigh,
Their master's loss each sorrowing servant mourn'd,
Nor pass'd in vain his friendship unreturn'd;
Each old companion heav'd a parting sigh,
Their master's loss each sorrowing servant mourn'd,
Yet seek not here his virtues to disclose,
Nor learn from hence the tenour of his life,
The best of all can paint the worth she knows,
With equal virtues graced, his sister, friend, and wife.
Nor learn from hence the tenour of his life,
The best of all can paint the worth she knows,
With equal virtues graced, his sister, friend, and wife.
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