Valentine Verses or, Lines of Truth, Love, and Virtue. By the Reverend Richard Cobbold |
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THE BRAVE ACTION. |
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THE BRAVE ACTION.
Young Acton passing o'er the Gipping's wave
In peril's hour, was just in time to save;
He heard the cry, and rushing at the shock,
Beheld the suff'rer drowning by the lock:
One instant more, the wretched youth had sank,
And left the surface, as 'tis mostly, blank.
Nature was prompt, the spirit stirr'd within,
This brave young man undauntedly sprang in;
At risk of life he siez'd the Soldier's hand,
And bore him safely to the wish'd-for land.
The deed is past, but honor shall remain,
And virtue teach the Poet to explain,
How justly they who imitate the same,
Deserve the laurel at the hand of Fame.
In peril's hour, was just in time to save;
He heard the cry, and rushing at the shock,
Beheld the suff'rer drowning by the lock:
One instant more, the wretched youth had sank,
And left the surface, as 'tis mostly, blank.
Nature was prompt, the spirit stirr'd within,
This brave young man undauntedly sprang in;
At risk of life he siez'd the Soldier's hand,
And bore him safely to the wish'd-for land.
The deed is past, but honor shall remain,
And virtue teach the Poet to explain,
How justly they who imitate the same,
Deserve the laurel at the hand of Fame.
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'Tis well, 'tis well! whenever sons of men,
Are prompt to rescue, and protect; the pen
Of ardent Poet, shall not fail to raise,
The just reward in line of love and praise.
For what on earth would Christian wish to have,
More pure than this?—In peril, power to save.
Are prompt to rescue, and protect; the pen
Of ardent Poet, shall not fail to raise,
The just reward in line of love and praise.
For what on earth would Christian wish to have,
More pure than this?—In peril, power to save.
Note. A handsome silver medal was presented to this young man by the Ipswich Humane Society, in token of admiration of his conduct. What is very singular, the individual whose life was saved, had been a respectable clerk in an attorney's office: In a fit of desperation, on account of his friends having objected to his marrying an amiable young woman, he enlisted as a private in the 82nd Regiment. These circumstances came to the knowledge of the Humane Society, who to their credit be it recorded, were instrumental in obtaining the discharge of the soldier, and of restoring him to his family, and to that which appeared dearer to him than every thing else, the woman he loved.
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