Verses To The Memory Of Dr. Lloyd.

Spoken At The Westminster Election Next After His Decease.     Our good old friend is gone; gone to his rest,     Whose social converse was itself a feast.     O ye of riper years, who recollect     How once ye loved, and eyed him with respect,     Both in the firmness of his better day,     While yet he ruled you with a fathers sway,     And when, impaird by time, and glad to rest,     Yet still with looks in mild complacence drest,     He took his annual seat, and mingled here     His sprightly vein with yoursnow drop a tear!     In morals blameless, as in manners meek,     He knew no wish that he might blush to speak,     But, happy in whatever state below,     And richer than the rich in being so,     Obtaind the hearts of all, and such a meed     At length from one[1] as made him rich indeed.     Hence then, ye titles, hence, not wanted here!     Go! garnish merit in a higher sphere,     The brows of those, whose more exalted lot     He could congratulate, but envied not!     Light lie the turf, good senior, on thy breast;     And tranquil, as thy mind was, be thy rest.     Though, living, thou hadst more desert than fame,     And not a stone now chronicles thy name!