IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH, BY HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM OF WESTON. FAREWELL! endued with all that could engage All hearts to love thee, both in youth and age! In prime of life, for sprightliness enrolled Among the gay, yet virtuous as the old; In life's last stage, (O blessing rarely found!) Pleasant as youth with all its blossoms crowned, Through every period of this changeful state Unchanged thyself--wise, good, affectionate! Marble may flatter, and lest this should seem O'ercharged with praises on so dear a theme, Although thy worth be more than half supprest, Love shall be satisfied, and veil the rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET; OXFORD, 1916 by GEORGE SANTAYANA MORNING IN CAMP by HERBERT BASHFORD QUATRAIN: HERRICK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH IN A ROSE GARDEN by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) DAY THAT I HAVE LOVED by RUPERT BROOKE |