Alexander Pope.
CLXIV
ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVET,
A PRACTISER IN PHYSIC.
Condemned to Hope’s delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts, or slow decline,
Our social comforts drop away.
Well tried through many a varying year, 5
See Levet to the grave descend,
Officious, innocent, sincere,