The reasoning few, who neither scorn'd nor loved,
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His feelings pitied and his faults reproved.
Benbow, the father, left possessions fair,
A worthy name and business to his heir;
Benbow, the son, those fair possessions sold,
And lost his credit, while he spent the gold.
He was a jovial trader: men enjoy'd
The night with him; his day was unemploy'd;
So, when his credit and his cash were spent,