ENCLOS’D within a spot of earth,
A form superior lies,
Endow’d with talents great and rare,
Humane, sincere, and wise!
Oh, Pemberton! thy matchless name
Through time shall be rever’d;
Belov’d, respected, and admir’d,
To ev’ry friend endear’d!
The grateful tribute of a tear
The muse spontaneous pays;
Yet worth like thine deserves a wreath
Of the unfading bays!
Not the Columbus Christopher,
Whose name is still renow’d ,
Deserv’d more honours, or more fame,
For the new world he found.
Around thy native spot of earth
Thy deeds of fame shall rise;
The widow’s sighs–the orphan’s tears,
Shall there ascend the skies.
Often hast thou reliev’d their woes,
And with a lib’ral hand,
Made poverty in peace repose
Round Newton’s fertile land.
Bless’d with the will–bless’d with the pow’r,
Thou didst their griefs assuage;
And God, in mercy to their pray’rs,
Lengthen’d thy life–to age!
Yet did no semblance of decay
In mind or form appear;
For manhood’s grace–conspicuous shone
Beyond thy eightieth year!
And when the fatal fiat came,
Compos’d, prepar’d, resign’d,
Thy spirit left its earthy clay
And kindred angels joined.
When the immortal trump shall sound,
Oh, may our spirits meet!
And join the pure celestial choir,
At our Redeemer’s feet!
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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