78 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE 



Select and pure, o'er which even virtue smil'd. 



Unlike the puffing pedant, he was mild ; 

 And, conscious of his worth, he spurn'd the glare 



Which flippant Folly beams upon her child ; 

 The sceptic scorner's chair he would not share, 

 For virtue and religion claim'd his constant care. 



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Social affection glow'd for all mankind 



Within that guileless breast ; and o'er his cheek 



And in his eye beam'd sympathy refin'd, 



Seeming, without the aid of speech, to speak 

 A soul all gentleness, holy and meek ; 



And that diffusive love, thus clearly known, 

 Concentrated, when he would fondly seek 



The charm of happiness among his own, 

 The kindred souls who shar'd his heart, intensely shone. 



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Ah ! little know'st thou, darling of his love ! 



Who oft hast met his fond parental smile 

 With infant glee, which every smile could move, 



And climb'd with panting haste his knee the while, 



That he whose sorrows thou didst oft beguile, 

 The other source of all thy infant joy, 



Who woke thy mirth with many a parent's wile, 

 Shall never guide the footsteps of his boy, 

 Nor on his youthful mind his anxious cares employ. 



