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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