EPITAPHON THOMAS PARNELL.
EPITAPHON THOMAS PARNELL.
EPITAPHON THOMAS PARNELL.
This tomb, inscrib’d to gentle Parnell’s name,May speak our gratitude, but not his fame.What heart but feels his sweetly-moral lay,That leads to truth through pleasure’s flowery way!Celestial themes confess’d his tuneful aid;And Heaven, that lent him genius, was repaid.Needless to him the tribute webestow—The transitory breath of fame below;More lasting rapture from his works shall rise,While converts thank their poet in the skies.
This tomb, inscrib’d to gentle Parnell’s name,May speak our gratitude, but not his fame.What heart but feels his sweetly-moral lay,That leads to truth through pleasure’s flowery way!Celestial themes confess’d his tuneful aid;And Heaven, that lent him genius, was repaid.Needless to him the tribute webestow—The transitory breath of fame below;More lasting rapture from his works shall rise,While converts thank their poet in the skies.
This tomb, inscrib’d to gentle Parnell’s name,May speak our gratitude, but not his fame.What heart but feels his sweetly-moral lay,That leads to truth through pleasure’s flowery way!Celestial themes confess’d his tuneful aid;And Heaven, that lent him genius, was repaid.Needless to him the tribute webestow—The transitory breath of fame below;More lasting rapture from his works shall rise,While converts thank their poet in the skies.