VERSES
Sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, Not Long Before His Lordship's
Death.(68)
Kind companion of my youth,
Lov'd for genius, worth, and truth!
Take what friendship can impart,
Tribute of a feeling heart;
Take the muse's latest spark,(69)
Ere we drop into the dark.
He, who parts and virtue gave,
Bad thee look beyond the grave
Genius soars, and virtue guides;
Above, the love of God presides.
There's a gulf 'twixt us and God;
Let the gloomy path be trod:
Why stand shivering on the shore?
Why not boldly venture o'er?
Where unerring virtue guides,
Let us have the winds and tides:
Safe, through seas of doubts and fears,
Rides the bark which virtue steers.
The End
FOOTNOTES
1 The Duke of Marlborough.
2 Westminster Abbey.
3 Founders of New College, Corpus Christi, and All Souls, in Oxford;
of all which the author was a member.
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