Elegaic Lines Written on the Death of Bennet Williams, Esq.
While Pride delights the pompous tomb to raise,
And deck the marble page with doubtful praise —
Say, shall the Muse let unassuming worth
Return unnoticed to its parent earth?
Ah, no! though closed too soon thy valued day,
Yet have thy many virtues much to say;
Much to the world thy useful life can give —
'Twill teach the Husband, Father, Friend, to live:
That Hope may hence uplift the dying eye,
And point to thy eternal home on high!
And deck the marble page with doubtful praise —
Say, shall the Muse let unassuming worth
Return unnoticed to its parent earth?
Ah, no! though closed too soon thy valued day,
Yet have thy many virtues much to say;
Much to the world thy useful life can give —
'Twill teach the Husband, Father, Friend, to live:
That Hope may hence uplift the dying eye,
And point to thy eternal home on high!
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