A pleasing form, a firm, yet cautious mind, Sincere, tho' prudent, constant, yet resign'd; Honour unchang'd, a principle profest, Fix'd to one side, but mod'rate to the rest; An honest Courtier, yet a Patriot too, Just to his Prince, yet to his Country true; Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth; A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A gen'rous faith, from superstition free, A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: HILDRUP TUBBS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BUSINESS REVERSES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BACKGROUND AND DESIGN by KAREN SWENSON RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1) by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE AT CASTLE BOTEREL by THOMAS HARDY TICHBORNE'S ELEGY, WRITTEN IN THE TOWER BEFORE HIS EXECUTION by CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE |