326 MEMOIRS OF 



He treads inemulous of fame 6r wealth, 



Profufe of toil, and prodigal of health ; 



With foft perfuafive eloquence expands 



Power's rigid heart, and opes his clenching handsj 



Leads ftern-ey'd Juftice to the dark domains, 



If not to fever, to relax the chains j 



Or guides awaken'd Mercy through the gloom, 



And (hows the prifon fitter to the tomb ; 



Gives to her babes the felf-devoted wife, 



To her fond huiband, liberty and life ! 



The fpirits of the good, who bend from high, 

 Wide o'er thefe earthly fcenes* their partial eye, 

 When firft, array 'd in Virtues pure>ft robe, 

 They faw her Howard traverfing the globe j 

 Saw round his brow the fun-bright glory blaze 

 In arrowy circles of unwearied rays, 

 Miftook a mortal for an angel gueft, 

 And alk'd what feraph-foot the earth imp reft. 

 Onward he moves, Difeafe and Death retire, 

 And murmuring Demons hate him, and admire. 



If praife for a fmgle verbal beauty may 

 not degrade the exalted merit of the above 

 quotation, the biographer would obferve 



that it's word inemulous has a fvveet effect, 



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and that, flie believes, it is there in firft 



coinage. 



