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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“Unnotic'd and unsung can he depart,
The man of probity, of warmth of heart,
Of public spirit, and of fervent zeal,
To add new glories to the common weal,
Extend her liberties, and to secure
The throne its honours permanent and pure?
Can he depart, unnotic'd and unsung,
Whose wit pour'd from his pen and from his tongue,
Whom history, law, and conversation claim
Their own, and give a worthy son to fame?
Whose name to distant periods shall descend,
Dalrymple's, Johnson's, and Paoli's friend?
The man of probity, of warmth of heart,
Of public spirit, and of fervent zeal,
To add new glories to the common weal,
Extend her liberties, and to secure
The throne its honours permanent and pure?
Can he depart, unnotic'd and unsung,
Whose wit pour'd from his pen and from his tongue,
Whom history, law, and conversation claim
Their own, and give a worthy son to fame?
Whose name to distant periods shall descend,
Dalrymple's, Johnson's, and Paoli's friend?
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