In many brave hearts, eased from Evil's yoke,
The fruitful soul of Maurice lives again.
Incidentally it is noted that Maurice never received any preferment, bishopric, canonry, or deanery.
Wilberforce and Livingstone
The lines given below on Wilberforce, who is coupled with Lord Westbury, are largely inspired by the de mortuis note. The writer begins by recording the worst that had been said of both—the slyness of the sleek priest, the sneers and scorn and mincing tones of the bitter lawyer. But now we know better, and recognize that the dove was blended with the serpent in both:—
And so, Life's judgment set to right by Death's,
Lay busy Bishop and keen Judge to rest;
And, by their coffins, think with bated breaths,
How good the worst of us, how bad the best.
