ODE

On a Diftant Prospect of

ETON COLLEGE.

E diffant fpires, ye antique towers,
That crown the watry glade,
Where grateful Science ſtill adores
Her HENRY's holy Shade;
And ye, that from the ftately brow
Of WINDSOR's heights th' expanse below
Of grove, of lawn, of mead ſurvey,
Whofe turf, whofe ſhade, whofe flowers among
Wanders the hoary Thames along
His filver-winding way.

Ah

The E P I T A P H.

HERE refts 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 recompence as largely send :
He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear,
Hegain'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 repofe)
The boſom of his Father and his God.