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XIV. The Parson's cant, the Lawyer's sophistry, Lord's quibble, Critic's jest; all end in thee,All rest in peace at last, and sleep eternally.

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A pleasing form, a firm, yet cautious mind,Sincere, tho' prudent, constant, yet resign'd;Honour unchanged, a principle profest,Fix'd to one side, but mod'rate to the rest;An honest Courtier, and a Patriot too,Just to his Prince, and 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.

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