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Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.

Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,

And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear,

He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.

No farther seek his merits to disclose,

Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,

(There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his Father and his God.

(1751)

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The pelting brunt of the tempestuous night, With half-shut eyes, and puckered cheeks and teeth

Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both

He brandishes his pliant length of whip, 70
Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
O happy; and in my account denied
That sensibility of pain, with which
Refinement is endued, thrice happy thou! 74
Thy frame, robust and hardy, feels indeed
The piercing cold, but feels it unimpaired.
The learned finger never need explore
The vigorous pulse; and the unhealthful
east,

That breathes the spleen, and searches every bone

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To soothe their honest pride, that scorns to beg,

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Nor comfort else, but in their mutual love. I praise you much, ye weak and patient pair,

For ye are worthy; choosing rather far

A dry but independent crust, hard earned,

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