Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer A New Edition with Corrections and Additions; To Which is Prefixed A Biographical Memoir by the Editor |
 |
|
TO THE
MEMORY OF EDWARD DONEY,
|
 | Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer |  |
235
TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD DONEY,
A NATIVE OF AFRICA,
FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVANT IN THE FAMILY HE LIVED WITH.
Poor Edward blest the pirate bark which boreHis captive infancy from Gambia's shore
To where, in willing servitude, he won
Those best rewards for every duty done,
Kindness and Praise—the wages of the Heart!
None else to him, could joy or pride impart—
And gave him, born a Pagan and a Slave,
A Freeman's charter, and a Christian's grave.
| Poems by the late Hon. William R. Spencer | |