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3. Be present then — this boon bestow ! 

 A friend is lost ! Now bind his brow 



And bid each age proclaim 

 How first among th' illustrious band 

 That fix'd your mansions in this land, 



Stands Willing's honor'd name.* 



4. Bid helpless innocence reliev'd, 

 The widow's hopeless state retriev'd^ 



And orphan's right restor'd — 

 Tell how he graced the judgment seat,f 

 Still incorrupt and firmly great, 



Alike to slave or lord. 



5. How nicely he the various plan 



Of bounteous commerce^ knew to scan. 



And raise his country's weal — 

 Her trade by him enlarg'd, her good 

 Thro' every secret maze pursu'd, 



To distant times will tell. 



6. What more he did to bless the State, 

 And all the deeds of life complete, 



Should any seek to know ! 

 Bid them behold his num'rous race. 

 And read in each illumined face 



"What language cannot show ! 



7. Bid them look up to Celia's eyes, 

 Where all the soul of softness lies, 



And reason beams through truth. 

 Or, should this risk be deem'd too bold, 

 Bid them each manly grace behold, 



Rip'ning in Damon's youth. 



8. Damon, attend ! proceed to shine ! 

 To fill a father's place be thine, 



And soothe a mother's care ! 

 This done — still mindful of his hearse. 

 Whose doom was sudden, write this verse, 



And drop a filial tear. 



EPITAPH. 



If to be all the wise and good commend. 

 The tender husband, father and the friend ; 

 At home belov'd and blest, esteem'd abroad; 

 Studious to serve mankind, and please his God; 

 If this from death one useful life could save. 

 Thou hadst not read that Willing fills this grave ! 



* As a trustee of the Academy. f As a magistrate. J As a merchant. 



