The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere |
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EPITAPH ON LORD LAVINGTON.
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EPITAPH ON LORD LAVINGTON.
WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF LADY LAVINGTON.
With every part well acted—life enjoyed,And every talent to the last employed,
Here Lavington is laid; a people's grief
Consigns to memory their regretted chief.
That easy vein of unaffected sense,
The wit devoid of effort or offence,
The cordial welcome and the smile sincere
To living memory long shall linger near.
Not that they feared those traces to forget,
Their ready suffrage paid the general debt,
And gave this lasting form to long regret.
No, fixt to future years they bid it stand,
A record of well exercised command.
Strict and exact, though popular and kind,
Discordant virtues in a single mind;
High principles with easy manners join'd,
A courtier's graces, but without his art;
A patriot's zeal where faction had no part,
And manly virtues in a gentle heart.
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