This is the first appearance of this poem in print. [Based on Alexander Pope: A Bibliography Volume 1, Part 1 (1922), by Reginald Harvey Griffith, p. 66.]
A pleasing form, a firm, yet cautious mind,Sincere, tho' prudent, constant, yet resign'd;Honour unchanged, a principle profest,Fix'd to one side, but mod'rate to the rest;An honest Courtier, and a Patriot too,Just to his Prince, and to his Country true;Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth;A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth;A gen'rous faith, from superstition free,A love to peace, and hate of tyranny;Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd,At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
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