The words I will dictate to you, my dear friend,

Your wisdom and judgment, I trust, will commend.”


XIII.

Last Will and Testament of Sir Thomas Brown,

Signed, witnessed, and sealed—it was all written down

By his dear friend, the lawyer of great renown.

’Mong his sons, who had boldly pronounced him insane;

’Mong his daughters, who called him foolish and vain;