But more to load that most unhappy hour?

Yet still prevail'd the greatness of his mind;

That, not in health, or life itself confin'd,

Felt through his mortal pangs Britannia's peace,

Mounted to joy, and smil'd in death's embrace.

His spirit now just ready to resign,

No longer now his own, no longer mine,

He grasps my hand, his swimming eyeballs roll,

My hand he grasps, and enters in my soul:

Then with a groan—Support me, O! beware