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LINES COMPOSED FOR A MEMORIAL OF ASHLEY COWPER, ESQ, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell! Endued will that could engage
Last Line: Love shall be satisfied, and veil the rest.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH,

BY HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM OF WESTON.

FAREWELL! endued with all that could engage
All hearts to love thee, both in youth and age!
In prime of life, for sprightliness enrolled
Among the gay, yet virtuous as the old;

In life's last stage, (O blessing rarely found!)
Pleasant as youth with all its blossoms crowned,
Through every period of this changeful state
Unchanged thyself--wise, good, affectionate!

Marble may flatter, and lest this should seem
O'ercharged with praises on so dear a theme,
Although thy worth be more than half supprest,
Love shall be satisfied, and veil the rest.





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