Vkat  though  the  sealptiiio  be  deettvy'dt
From  dark  oblivion  meant  to  guard  f

A  bright  renown  shaH  be  ety  oy'd
Bj  those  whoee  Tirtnes  dafan  reiwd.
Then  do  not  say  the  common  kH
Of  all  Hes  deep  in  Lethe's  wate ;

Some  fbw  irho  ne'er  irill  be  forgot
Rball  bmrst  tiie  bondage  of  the  graTe.
I8M.
TO  THB  RET.  J.  T.  BECHER.*'

filAm  Beeher,  you  tell  me  to  mix  with  mankind :
I  cannot  den/  such  a  precept  is  wtse ;

Bnt  retirement  accords  with  the  tone  of  my  mind ;
I  wHl  not  descend  to  a  world  I  despise.
Did  the  senate  or  camp  my  exertions  require,
Amltttion  might  prompt  me,  at  once,  to  go  forth ;

When  infancy's  years  of  probation  expire.
Perchance  I  may  strive  to  distinguish  my  bhrth.
The  fire  in  the  caTem  of  Etna  conceal*d,
Still  mantles  unseen  in  its  secret  recess ;

At  lengdi  in  a  rolume  tenriflc  rereal'd,
No  torrent  can  quench  it,  no  bounds  can  repress.
Oh !  Hius,  the  desire  in  my  bosom  for  thme
Bids  me  lire  but  to  hope  for  prosperity's  praise.
CSonld  I  soar  with  the  phoenix  on  pinions  of  flame,
With  hioL  I  would  wish  to  expire  in  the  blase.
For  the  life  of  a  Fox,  of  a  Chatham  the  death.
What  censTire,  what  danger ,  what  wo  would  I  brare  I

Their  liyes   did  not  end  when  they  yielded  their
breath,
Their  glory  illumines  the  gloom  of  their  grare.
