A Letter to Mr. Tickell,
Occasioned by the Death of the Right Hon. Joseph Addison, Esq., 1719.
—Tu nunc eris alter ab illo.
—Virg.
O long with me in Oxford groves confin'd,
In social arts and sacred friendship join'd;
Fair Isis' sorrow, and fair Isis' boast,
Lost from her side, but fortunately lost;
Thy wonted aid, my dear companion! bring,
And teach me thy departed friend to sing: