VIII.
[ON A DEAF AND DUMB ARTIST.[1]
1: Benjamin Ferrers—Died A. D. 1732.
And hath thy blameless life become
A prey to the devouring tomb?
A more mute silence hast thou known,
A deafness deeper than thine own,
While Time was? and no friendly Muse,
That mark'd thy life, and knows thy dues,