Unerring in refinement; sound and chaste.

“Yet of her merits this the smallest part—

Far more endear’d by virtues of the heart,

Which constantly excite her to embrace

Each duty of her state with active grace.

[Pg 222]

“Such was the prop and comfort of my age

Whose filial tenderness might well assuage

The sorrows which infirmities produce.

“My vital drama’s now so near its end,