Yield to Conviction the reluctant place;
Beholds new champions join the glorious few,
Whose well-tried efforts meet her grateful view—
The glorious few—who midst conflicting storms
And all the outrage busy Avarice forms,
Unshaken stood, each mighty chief an host,
And fix'd, and still defend the sacred post.
Such, 'midst your foremost ranks, once soar'd sublime,
(Too soon, alas! snatch'd by unsparing time)
The man, whose genius, as a potent charm,