DR. DARWIN. 1OJ 



Pure and untainted as thy blamelefs life! 

 Let no gay converfe lead thy Heps a ft ray 

 To mix my chafte wave with immodeft wine, 

 Nor with the poifonous cup, which Chemia's hand 

 Deals, fell enchantrefs, to the fons of folly ! 

 So (ball young Health thy daily walks attend, 

 Weave for thy hoary brow the vernal flower 

 Of cheer fulnefs, and with his nervous arm 

 Arreft th' inexorable fcythe of Time. 



The exhortation was not difobeyed ; the 

 benedi&ion was not fruitlefs. Mr. Sneyd 

 ftill lives to exhilarate the fpirits of his 

 friends, and to be the bleffing of his neigh- 

 bourhood. The duties of a public magi- 

 ilrate, exerted with energy, and tempered 

 with kindnefs; the hofpitality of his fo- 

 cial manfion ; his purfuit of natural hi (lo- 

 ry, and tafte for the arts, are unleflened by 

 time, and no corporal infirmity allays their 

 enjoyment. After a lapfe of feventy years 

 he pafles feveral hours every day, in ail 

 feafons when the weather is dry, in the 

 open air, forming for his fcenes new plans 

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