Poems By Anthony Pasquin [i.e. John Williams]. Second Edition |
EPITAPH on Mr.
WILLIAM GARDNER,
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EPITAPH on Mr. WILLIAM GARDNER,
Late Purser of his Majesty's Sloop the Scorpion, who died at Barbadoes in 1788.
In cold obstruction, 'neath this vernal spot,My friend's consign'd by Destiny to rot.
As Scipio continent, as Cæsar brave,
He scorn'd a tyrant, and he scoff'd a slave;
Tho' his heart's guardians would not nurture Fear,
That heart to Misery gave the votive tear.
When Fate remov'd him from the social van,
He smote a Christian, Briton, and a Man!
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