Each was a burgess to his party tied,
And each was fix’d, but on a different side;
And he who sought his son’s pure mind to fill
With wholesome food, would evil too instil. 30
The last in part succeeded—but in part—
For Charles had sense, had virtue, had a heart;
And he had soon the cause of Nature tried
With the stern father, but this father died;
Who on his death-bed thus his son address’d:—
“Swear to me, Charles, and let my spirit rest—