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To the Memory of Mat. Concanen, Esq;
late Attorney General of Jamaica.
Friendship began in unexperienc'd Youth,
In Honour founded, and secur'd by Truth,
In distant Climes, and various Fortunes try'd,
Not Death, the grand Destroyer, can divide:
True to thine honest Fame, which long shall live,
This last just Tribute, to thy worth I give.
In Honour founded, and secur'd by Truth,
In distant Climes, and various Fortunes try'd,
Not Death, the grand Destroyer, can divide:
True to thine honest Fame, which long shall live,
This last just Tribute, to thy worth I give.
A Humour pleasing, and a Wit refin'd,
Knowledge, and Judgment clear, enrich'd your Mind;
In you, to full Perfection met the Pow'rs,
Which sweeten, and adorn, the social Hours;
In Fancy's flow'ry Gardens when you stray'd,
If you invok'd the Muse, she gave her aid:
Nor, covetous, nor negligent, of Fame,
You've gain'd a fair, deserv'd a lasting Name.
Knowledge, and Judgment clear, enrich'd your Mind;
In you, to full Perfection met the Pow'rs,
Which sweeten, and adorn, the social Hours;
In Fancy's flow'ry Gardens when you stray'd,
If you invok'd the Muse, she gave her aid:
Nor, covetous, nor negligent, of Fame,
You've gain'd a fair, deserv'd a lasting Name.
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