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Elegy, On Mr. Matthew Winterbotham,
And you , ye mourners of" his manly worth , By soft affection , as by nature , tied , Who saw his active powers go early forth- —' Ah , let this torrent of your griefs subside ! Tho' short his honest course—yet soothe your woes > That not one cloud obscur'd his shining- way— . "
And that the Brother—Child—unsullied goes To his reward in realms of endless day 1 Scarborough , Sept ; iS . J , F . S ;
Verses,
VERSES ,
WRITTEN AT SUN - SET .
HOMEWARD now the labourer hies , Once more his dreary toil is done : Behold , in yonder western skies , The glories of the setting Sun ! ' Survey '— -and tell what can
compare ' The various beauties of the globe : '—•' Scarcely Aurora ' s self doth wear So rich , magnificent , a robe 1 What , though the splendid King of day Hath travers'd now our hemisphere ? To nether regions bends his way
, Thousands of other worlds to cheer ! His exit all the world doth tell , A solemn calm prevails around ; Peace haunts the grove ; till Philomel With music makes the vale resound .
Cool is the lingering day ' s decline , As man , whose vital spirit ' s fled ; Quickly the rolling clouds combine , Each parting moment gives a shade-Soon shall the night , with gloomy sway ,-To rest the busy world consi
gn ; And , for a while ; this earthly clay In peace our better part resign : When , of the happy—happiest he , Who early seeks this natural boon ; Whose mind from anxious troubles free , Health and sweet peace his slumbers crowfii
But , \ o ) a goodly prospect now ! The Queen of night unveils her face ; Soon shall her silver radiance glow , And fear from every bosom chase .
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Elegy, On Mr. Matthew Winterbotham,
And you , ye mourners of" his manly worth , By soft affection , as by nature , tied , Who saw his active powers go early forth- —' Ah , let this torrent of your griefs subside ! Tho' short his honest course—yet soothe your woes > That not one cloud obscur'd his shining- way— . "
And that the Brother—Child—unsullied goes To his reward in realms of endless day 1 Scarborough , Sept ; iS . J , F . S ;
Verses,
VERSES ,
WRITTEN AT SUN - SET .
HOMEWARD now the labourer hies , Once more his dreary toil is done : Behold , in yonder western skies , The glories of the setting Sun ! ' Survey '— -and tell what can
compare ' The various beauties of the globe : '—•' Scarcely Aurora ' s self doth wear So rich , magnificent , a robe 1 What , though the splendid King of day Hath travers'd now our hemisphere ? To nether regions bends his way
, Thousands of other worlds to cheer ! His exit all the world doth tell , A solemn calm prevails around ; Peace haunts the grove ; till Philomel With music makes the vale resound .
Cool is the lingering day ' s decline , As man , whose vital spirit ' s fled ; Quickly the rolling clouds combine , Each parting moment gives a shade-Soon shall the night , with gloomy sway ,-To rest the busy world consi
gn ; And , for a while ; this earthly clay In peace our better part resign : When , of the happy—happiest he , Who early seeks this natural boon ; Whose mind from anxious troubles free , Health and sweet peace his slumbers crowfii
But , \ o ) a goodly prospect now ! The Queen of night unveils her face ; Soon shall her silver radiance glow , And fear from every bosom chase .