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 B R A M I N, 
 
 £''^\ Son of Hope! O Nugent's orient heir, 
 
 ^"--^ Once my foft charge, and ftill my pious care ! 
 
 Though far divided by the rolHng main, 
 
 Yet con my ledlures, and imprint the ftrain. 
 
 The fervent ftrain, however unrefin'd. 
 
 Deep on the tablet of tliy waxen mind. 
 
 From Erna's banks, a memorable feat, 
 For martial deeds, but now a calm retreat. 
 Untaught alike to flatter, or to fawn, 
 The grateful Mufe falutes thy vernal dawn ; 
 
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 She, beckon 'd fir ft by Stanhope's gracious hand. 
 
 And rais'd unfuing, in her native land, 
 
 Exults, like Maro's, in ignoble cafe, 
 
 So could file match the fplendor of his lays I 
 
 Yet {lie, not lefs addided to the caufe 
 Of candid Truth, and Friendfhip's holy Laws^ 
 By prejudice unfway'd, from paflion free, 
 Reveals the did:ates of her Soul to thee,. 
 And holds a mirror for thy mental Eye,^ 
 To trace the beauties of a diftant fky, 
 Exalt thy thoughts above the grofs allay 
 Of meaner views, and dignify thy Day. 
 
 To Gofsfield, whither thine accomplifh'd fire,. 
 From proud Augufta glories to retire, 
 Enjoy the fliade, difdain the vulgar crew, 
 And from the great feled the worthy few. 
 Or in that Senate, on whofe breath awaits 
 The rife of Empires, or the fall of States, 
 His honeft bofom glows with Britifli zeal, 
 And tempers royal with republic weal. 
 
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 Thou may'fl: derive a richer donative, 
 
 A fairer fortune, than his hand can give, 
 To truth and honour pointing, as their pole, 
 The patriot fpirit and the foeial foul. 
 
 Yet young fpedator of the public ftage, 
 Amidft the follies of an impious age, 
 If blifs tliou courteft, and vvould'ft reacli the fliore, 
 Let caution ftcer, and reafon ply her oar. 
 Exert the Man, with refolution ride 
 Againft the bafe corruptions of the tide j 
 AfTert the trophies of an ancient line. 
 And prove thy blood by property divine. 
 Thy noble blood, though Britain claim it's rife, 
 Yet more ennobled by contempt of vice. 
 
 With fecret folace fhall I then furvey 
 Thy merits blooming, as my years decay, 
 Like fome fage ruftic, fmiling to behold 
 A goodly tree, coniirm'd in alien mold, 
 Which once a plant he nurs'd with genial dc\\s. 
 Now fraught with fruits of various taftes and hues : 
 
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 Tlien iKall thy Country, after long fojourn 
 
 In lordly Britain, welcome thy return 
 
 With fuch a tranfport, as is wont to run 
 
 A tender mother to her darling fon. 
 
 Whom oft fhe waiFd, as perifh'd in his prime, 
 
 Or ever- wedded to fome foreign clime : 
 
 She pants, fiie grafps him, ere he comes from board, 
 
 Secure from perils, and with India ftor'd. 
 
 Mean while explore, and cultivate the feeds 
 Of worth, to fhoot up into future deeds : 
 Attend, while charm'd through virtue's paths I flray, 
 And greet her guardian with devoted lay; 
 Attend, dear youth, and let the godlike gueft 
 With rival ardour animate thy breaft. 
 
 Hail, Br A MI N, hail, whatever name thou boaft, 
 Jncreafe of triumph to the Britifh coafl ! 
 W hatever climate for thy biith contend. 
 All human kind acknowledge thee their friend. 
 Not Indian Titan, though his adlivc rays 
 Jlipcn the mines, and give the gem to blaze. 
 
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 Such warm emotions ever could infpirc, 
 
 Mature the genius, or awake the fire : 
 
 We feel, wc feel through each unlabour'd line 
 
 Religious rapture, energy divine ! 
 
 Thofe moral Precepts, which appear'd before I 
 Through tomes voluminous, like ruder ore, 
 Touch'd by thy pen, to pureft luftie rife, 
 And gain in eflence, what they lofe in lize. 
 So faintly floated on our naked fight 
 The fcatter'd beams of undiftinguifh'd Light, 
 Till, recollected through the faithful glafs 
 Of mighty Newton from the liquid mafsj 
 Diftindt the ftreaming glories we admire, 
 That Iris paint, and own the fun their fire. 
 
 What fond Lucretius in the pride of youth 
 Had vainly promis'd, you perform in truth, 
 •■* To purge the mift of error from the mind. 
 Compel with reafon, and with duty bind,. 
 
 • Hiinc igitiir tcrrorcm animi tenebrafq; necefle eft 
 Noil radii foils neqiic lucidu tela ditri 
 Difcutiant, fed naturae fpecies ratioque. LucR. Lib. I. 
 
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 Far keener weapons than the pointed ray 
 Of fun meridian and the darts of day 1 
 To clear dark fcience with familiar art, 
 Through captive ears arreft the recreant heart, 
 * Allure the vain, like children indifcreet, 
 To wholfome counfel, with inviting fweet 
 Thy phyfic varnifh, and by honeft ftealth 
 Reftore, and cheat thy patients into health ; 
 To bid the moral fyftem fmoothly roll 
 Diredl, and give the byafs to the foul ; 
 Por well I ween, whatever may be brought, 
 To fap the folid bafis of thy thought. 
 By formal fools, or hypocrites abfurd. 
 Who kill the fpirit, but preferve the word. 
 The Br A MI N preaches, what had Athens mov'd, 
 And Peter had rever'd^ and Paul approv'd. 
 
 • ._ - Abfynthia tetra medentes 
 
 Cum dare conantur, piius oras pocula circum 
 Contingunt mellis duld flavoque liquore, 
 Ut puerorum jetas improvida Judificetur 
 Labrorum teniis : interea perpotet amarum 
 Abfynthi laticem, deceptaque non capiatur, 
 5ed potiiis tali taftu recreata valefcat. Lucr. Lib. IV, 
 
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 Let gloomy mortals, who difgracc the ranks 
 
 Of God's creation, and remain as blanks, 
 
 Whofe ftate inadive and inglorious breatli, 
 
 Obfciire in life, anticipate tlieir death, 
 
 Far fly, repugnant from their Maker's plan. 
 
 From focial duties, as they do from man. 
 
 To dens and defarts, there continue mutes. 
 
 And banifli'd. from their kind, confort with brutes,, 
 
 The joyous gifts of Providence unleen. 
 
 Malign, and turn devotion into fpleen. 
 
 Let mad Enthufrafts, who would light the torch: 
 Of perfecution in the facred porch. 
 Rave, and cxtinguifh reafon's gentle ray, 
 The light of nature, and the gofpel-day. 
 Or, like the wilder Indians round a ftake,, 
 Adore the wooden deities they make. 
 Dance on within the fairy circle ftill,. 
 And think no heav'n beyond the cloud-top'd hilL. 
 
 The Bra MI N, all benevolence and love. 
 Comes forth, as if commiilion'd from above,, 
 
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 Like Noah's turtle, that with duteous hafte 
 
 Skim'd her fmooth v^oyage o'er the watry wafte, 
 
 And to the juft repairer of our race 
 
 Bore back the leaf of univerfal peace. 
 
 He comes, the cloud of ignorance to break, 
 
 The dim enlighten, and fupport the weak. 
 
 Behold him like that natal ftar arife. 
 
 Which to their Saviour led the raptur'd Wife : 
 
 Mark, how he foars above the fons of rhime, 
 
 Majeflic, graceful, fimple, and fublime ! 
 
 Son, fifter, brother, father, mother, wife, 
 Hufband, and friend, imbibe the rules of life : 
 Sinners, attend ; ye penitents, be calm ; 
 His breath is manna, and his words are balm. 
 
 And all the lefTons, which he would impart 
 
 To human race, the tranfcript of his heart. 
 
 * But, O how awful is the voice ! how juft ! 
 
 Bow down your heads, down to your native dull, 
 
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 Tmhabkants of earth, who brave the flc' 
 And dumb receive inflru(5lion from on hicrh. 
 
 Where'er the fun diflufcs light and liear, 
 Where'er the tempefts blow, or billows beat ; 
 Where audible an ear, a mind is found, 
 Mind to conceive, ccleftial trumpet, found : 
 There let the lines of upright life be fquar'd, 
 Thy maxims. Truth, be honour'd, and rever'd. 
 
 And now the volume is difplay'd. From God 
 All things proceed, and wait upon his nod : 
 His pow'r, his wifdom, and his goodnefs know 
 Nor time, nor limits, but for ever flow. 
 
 He on his throne omnipotent, immenfe, 
 The center He without circumference, 
 Through Chaos, war of elemental foes, 
 Spoke : into light this univerfe arofe. 
 Life of his breath. Reflected from his eye 
 The golden fun efpous'd the blufhing iky. 
 The glorious bridegroom with gigantic haflc 
 Ruili'd from the chambers of the purpled Eaft, 
 
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 "Forth pouring day : yet is the radiant flream 
 But fainter fliadows of the parent beam. 
 
 He touch'd the ftars : with undiminifli'd force 
 They run rejoycing their empyreal courfe, 
 la joyful choir to meafur'd times advance, 
 And worlds on worlds renew the rayftic dance. 
 
 In clouded majefly the King of Kings, 
 Serenely calm, upon the mighty wings 
 Of rufhing winds, the Lord of hofts, tl.e fun 
 Of glory walketh, and his will is done. 
 His will, his adl uncircumfcrib'd by place. 
 Through all the regions of unbounded fpace. 
 
 See daily fpringing, fafhion'd at command, 
 Order, and grace, and beauty from his hand. 
 His wondrous works fpeak wifdom without end, ^ 
 Too deep, too high for thought to comprehend. 
 Swift o'er the mind of man, a doubtful gleam, 
 The fhade of knowledge pafTeth, as a dream j 
 He fees as in the dark, of day bereav'd, 
 He gropes for truth, and reaf'ning, is deceiv'd. 
 
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 But God's eternal wifdom, as the light 
 
 Of heav'n, enlightens all, and knows no night 
 He reafons not. Bewilder 'd man colledis 
 Myfterions caufes from remote cffedls. 
 The mind of God, through complicated clues, 
 The paft, the prefent, and the future views, 
 Fountain of truth ! refer'd to him alone, 
 Juftice and mercy wait before his throne : 
 Boundlefs benevolence and love fupreme 
 Brighten his face, and from his prefence ftream 
 For ever. Hymn him with fublime accord 
 For ever. Who is like unto the lord 
 In glory ? who in power fhall contend 
 With whom before the hoft of angels bend 
 The willing knees in adoration, Him, 
 I-AM, w^ho rideth on the cherubim 
 And feraphim ? in wifdom hath he peer ? 
 In goodnefs rival ? Him adore, Him fear ; 
 For He, O man, thy fpirit breath'd, a ray ! 
 Thee, man, created from thy mother clay, 
 
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 Here fix'd thy fphere. The Treafures of thy mind 
 Are his free gifts of goodnefs unconfin'd : 
 The wonders of thy frame, divinely plan'd, 
 Are all the work of his almighty hand. 
 Hear then his voice j for in his voice is grace,, 
 Obey, be bleft, and ratify thy peace. 
 
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