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To The Right Rev. Benjamin Lord Bishop of Winchester,
on his Collection of Sermons published in in the Year, 1754.
In early Days of Manhood you began,
To prove yourself th'impartial Friend of Man;
With reason arm'd, you broke the Tyrant's Rod,
And shew'd that freedom's Foes were Foes to God:
You from our civil Right expel'd the Storm,
And drew Religion in an Angel's form:
Gladly we see the same Pursuits engage,
Thine active Soul in thy declining Age:
Proceed, as you began, the Friend of Truth,
The Comfort of the Old, and guide of Youth.
In thy rewards contented shall thou rest,
Bless'd in thy labours, in thine Offspring bless'd.
Yet, farther yet, throw thy discerning Eye,
And see thy Lot beneath a purer Sky;
Where doubts no more the restless Mind employ,
Where all is Health, and Harmony, and Joy.
To prove yourself th'impartial Friend of Man;
With reason arm'd, you broke the Tyrant's Rod,
And shew'd that freedom's Foes were Foes to God:
You from our civil Right expel'd the Storm,
And drew Religion in an Angel's form:
Gladly we see the same Pursuits engage,
Thine active Soul in thy declining Age:
Proceed, as you began, the Friend of Truth,
The Comfort of the Old, and guide of Youth.
In thy rewards contented shall thou rest,
Bless'd in thy labours, in thine Offspring bless'd.
Yet, farther yet, throw thy discerning Eye,
And see thy Lot beneath a purer Sky;
Where doubts no more the restless Mind employ,
Where all is Health, and Harmony, and Joy.
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