Select poems, &c / by the late John Dawes Worgan, of Bristol, who died on the 25th of July 1809, aged nineteen years. To which are added some particulars of his life and character, by an early friend and associate. With a preface, by William Hayley, esq.

  • Worgan, John Dawes, 1791-1809.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Select poems, &c / by the late John Dawes Worgan, of Bristol, who died on the 25th of July 1809, aged nineteen years. To which are added some particulars of his life and character, by an early friend and associate. With a preface, by William Hayley, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cl(>o xvm. Soon, Mary, shall the howling night-blast sweep O’er him, who pours this pensive song to thee; Ijeneuth some flow’ry tuft his bones shall sleep, Borne to the grave across his fav’rite lea. XIX. She too, thy weeping sister, who remains. Spar’d by kind Heav’n, the partner of my way; With Love’s responsive throb to soothe my pains. Cheer my still course, and brighten Pleasure’s ray: XX. She too, ah me! in Death’s cold arms must lie, The worm must revel on her smiling cheek. And sunk and hollow be the sparkling eye, \\ here tender Love and generous Virtue speak. XXI. But the drear path our feet so soon shall tread, Tliy feet have trodden, and its terrors known; Thy spotless heart has, with no guilty dread, Felt the last pang, and heav’d the parting moan.