A different Cause assign and different Fate
Describe: ’tis true that he was sore afraid
And, pierced by Sorrows, to his Maker prayed;
True that, by Guilt as well as Grief oppressed,
He asked for Mercy as he longed for Rest;
But his true Reason was an inward Sense
And a deep feeling of his own Offence.
“See, my dear Brother, when his restless Mind
Urged him to leave us, what he left behind.
Thus wrote th’ unhappy Man before he fled; 250