Rhymes by a Poetaster
by George Barrington Hughes (9781150696060)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LINES ON AN OLD TOWNSMAN. "A many summers hath he seen, my friend, And now life's winter grizzles his dark locks, Malignant Envy fain, to false reproach, Would give his name -- his memory." -- Anon. His days are in " the yellow leaf;" He fades before the blasts of grief: His hoary head -- his livid cheek -- His eye, which waxes dull and weak -- His wrinkled brow, -- alike presage How soon must end his pilgrimage And shall we leave his virtues lonely ? And recollect his failings, only ? Shall we forget his charity, Which Malice calls hypocrisy ? Shall we forget his widow'd bosom, Where mercy's always seen to blossom ? -- We may condemn his boisterous tongue, Which ever does himself more wrong Than any of his neighbours: -- he Has passions, truly, -- have not we P Then let us not his heart condemn, But soften our own bilious phlegm; We can but see the outer man -- The inner, God, alone, can scan If he has faults for Judgment's rod, Let him settle them with his God It is enough for us to know He only hates his country's foe; It is sufficient, sure, for us To know that he is generous, Without vain ostentation, -- and Can pity those he does command: For though he wears a mask so stern, With pardons does his bosom burn; -- He knows the price of peace and love, That they are blessings from above, And that he dare not hope for heaven If by him man is unforgiven. Then, let all those who feel aggrieved At aught they have in him perceived, Ere with them he shall cease to live, Study that virtue -- to forgive AN EPITAPH; FOR ONE WORTHY OF I...

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