1818.1 Lord Woodhouselee. 429 



Nee oculi vigeant nee aures, 

 Hebeat et prorsus sensuum acumen. — 

 — Usee sunt nee taidae indicia mortis. — 

 Hisce admonitus Fati nunciis, 

 Refiei avitum denuo Sepulchrum 

 Curo, et cinerisprotegi injuria 

 Mistae ut amicis rcliquiis eabent, 

 — Hie enim juncti quondam vita 

 (Nee sivit divelli fatum), 

 JJormiunt una Pater et Mater, 



Purusque et pius ordo Parentum. 



Salve ! O vitai Anchora et Portus ! 



Salve! laborum terminus et quies! 



Salve! brevi subeundaque tecta 



Hospitium viatori fesso! 



Te specto impavidus ; te longam 



Per noctem fidus sis custos, 



Et reddas (precor) incolumem DEO. 



The event to which Lord Woodhouselee thus steadily looked 

 forward was now approaching. In June, 1812, after super- 

 intending his workmen in some improvements he was making at 

 Woodhouselee, he felt that he had fatigued himself, and he was 

 soon sensible of the recurrence of the same unfortunate accident 

 which had laid the foundation of so many years of suffering. 

 From this period, the remainder of his life was a scene of con- 

 tinued pain and increasing debility,— borne, indeed, with the 

 most calm and even cheerful resignation, and relieved by every 

 thing that filial and conjugal tenderness could supply, yet too 

 visibly approaching to a period which neither tenderness nor 

 magnanimity could avert. 



In the beginning of winter, he was prevailed upon to leave his 

 favourite Woodhouselee, and to remove into town ; and from 

 this time his disease appeared to make a more rapid progress. 

 On the 4th of January, 1813, he felt himself more than usually 

 unwell ; and in the evening, when his family, with their usual 

 attentions, were preparing to read to him some work of amuse- 

 ment, he requested that they would rather read to him the 

 evening service of the Church, and that they might once more 

 have the happiness of being united in domestic devotion. 

 When this was finished, he spoke to them with firmness, of the 

 events for which they must now prepare themselves : he assured 

 them that to him death had no sorrow but that of leaving them : 

 he prayed that Heaven might reward them for the uninterrupted 

 happiness which their conduct and their love had given to him ; 

 and he concluded by giving to each of them his last and solemn 

 blessing. 



After the discharge of this last paternal duty, he retired to 

 rest, and slept with more than his usual tranquillity, and in the 

 morning (as the weather was fine) he ordered his carriage, and 

 desired that it might go out on the road towards Woodhouselee. 

 He was able to go so far as to come within sight of his own 

 grounds ; and then raising himself in the carriage, his eye was 

 observed to kindle as he looked once more upon the hills, which 

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