Inscription For A Column Proposed To Be Erected To Mr. Howard
FOR A COLUMN PROPOSED TO BE ERECTED TO M R . H OWARD; IN HIS LIFE-TIME .
No laurell'd Warrior here in marble stands,
No blood-stain'd Hero here applause demands:
To milder merits, and a juster claim,
B RITANNIA consecrates the palm of Fame.
Her Sons to H OWARD bade this column rise;
H OWARD , humane, benevolent, and wise.
The Friend to friendless Pris'ners ! Him whose heart
In ev'ry Captive's sorrow bore a part,
Nor only Pity, but Relief, bestow'd,
Eas'd the tor'n heart, and dry'd the tear which flow'd.
Nor yet to Britain were his cares confin'd,
Wherever Sorrow sigh'd, or Mis'ry pin'd,
In gaols immur'd, in horrid dungeons barr'd,
He with kind heart, and lib'ral hand repair'd;
To distant climes his friendly sails unfurl'd,
The Wretch's hope — " A Patriot of the World. "
These are thy praises, H OWARD ! these we pay,
While yet thine ear can hear the pleasing lay:
Yet not by Man shall thy reward be given;
Late may'st thou find it, in thy native Heav'n.
No laurell'd Warrior here in marble stands,
No blood-stain'd Hero here applause demands:
To milder merits, and a juster claim,
B RITANNIA consecrates the palm of Fame.
Her Sons to H OWARD bade this column rise;
H OWARD , humane, benevolent, and wise.
The Friend to friendless Pris'ners ! Him whose heart
In ev'ry Captive's sorrow bore a part,
Nor only Pity, but Relief, bestow'd,
Eas'd the tor'n heart, and dry'd the tear which flow'd.
Nor yet to Britain were his cares confin'd,
Wherever Sorrow sigh'd, or Mis'ry pin'd,
In gaols immur'd, in horrid dungeons barr'd,
He with kind heart, and lib'ral hand repair'd;
To distant climes his friendly sails unfurl'd,
The Wretch's hope — " A Patriot of the World. "
These are thy praises, H OWARD ! these we pay,
While yet thine ear can hear the pleasing lay:
Yet not by Man shall thy reward be given;
Late may'st thou find it, in thy native Heav'n.
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