Only binds the willing heart.

LAST CHORUS.

But chief to Thee, our God, defender, friend,

Let praise be given to all eternity;

O Thou, without beginning, without end,

Let us, and all, begin and end in Thee.

RETALIATION.

A POEM.

FIRST PRINTED IN MDCCLXXIV., AFTER THE AUTHOR'S DEATH.

Dr. Goldsmith and some of his friends occasionally dined at the St. James's Coffee-house. One day it was proposed to write epitaphs on him. His country, dialect, and person furnished subjects of witticism. He was called on for retaliation, and at their next meeting produced the following poem.