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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Yes, Boswell's character had been as good,
Nor less befitting culture, prospects, blood,—
Had the peculiar been less divulg'd;
Had eccentricity been less indulg'd;
Had he a busy mind restrain'd in time,
And check'd his promptitude in prose and rhime;
From just restraints less keen to be from under;
Less thought, less wishing to be thought, a wonder.
Nor less befitting culture, prospects, blood,—
Had the peculiar been less divulg'd;
Had eccentricity been less indulg'd;
Had he a busy mind restrain'd in time,
And check'd his promptitude in prose and rhime;
From just restraints less keen to be from under;
Less thought, less wishing to be thought, a wonder.
| An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire | |