And to their wants, his purse he free resign’d.
Such the kind man! May we like him be wise,
Pursue his virtuous steps, and with him reach the prize.
T.R.
LINES
ON THE DEATH OF
JOHN, LORD DELAVAL;
Who died, May 17th, 1808.—Aged 80.
By M. Harvey.
In hollow murmurs o’er the bending reeds
Sorrow’s keen accents sweep across the meads;