Till Death procured, what Love denied him—rest.
But men of more experience learn to treat
These fair enslavers with their own deceit.
Finch was a younger brother’s youngest son,
Who pleased an Uncle with his song and gun;
Who call’d him ‘Bob,’ and ‘Captain,’ by that name
Anticipating future rank and fame;
Not but there was for this some fair pretence—
He was a cornet in the Home Defence. 50
The Youth was ever drest in dapper style,