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ROUND Thurlow's head in early youth,
And in his sportive days,

Fair Science pour'd the light of truth,
And Genius shed his rays.

II.

See! with united wonder cried
The' experienc'd and the sage,
Ambition in a boy supplied
With all the skill of age!

III.

Discernment, eloquence, and grace
Proclaim him born to sway
The balance in the highest place,
And bear the palm away.

IV.

The praise bestow'd was just and wise;

He sprang impetuous forth,

Secure of conquest, where the prize
Attends superior worth.

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ODE TO PEACE.

I.

COME, peace of mind, delightful guest
Return and make thy downy nest

Once more in this sad heart:
Nor riches I nor pow'r pursue,
Nor hold forbidden joys in view;
We therefore need not part.

II.

Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, From av'rice and ambition free,

And pleasure's fatal wiles?

For whom, alas! dost thou prepare

The sweets, that I was wont to share,

The banquet of thy smiles?

III.

The great, the gay, shall they partake
The Heav'n that thou alone canst make?
And wilt thou quit the stream,

That murmurs through the dewy mead,
The grove and the sequester'd shed,
To be a guest with them?

IV.

For thee I panted, thee I priz❜d,
For thee I gladly sacrific'd
Whate'er I lov'd before;

And shall I see thee start away,
And helpless, hopeless, hear thee say---
Farewell! we meet no more?

HUMAN FRAILTY.

I.

WEAK and irresolute is man;

The purpose of to day, Woven with pains into his plan,

To-morrow rends away.

II.

The bow well bent, and smart the spring,

Vice seems already slain;
But Passion rudely snaps the string,

And it revives again.

III.

Some foe to his upright intent
Finds out his weaker part;

Virtue engages his assent,

But Pleasure wins his heart.

IV.

'Tis here the folly of the wise

Through all his art we view;

And while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true.

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