And who shall say where guided? to what seats In that sad time of many a dismal scene Had leagued with petty pilferers, and had crept And that once lost, the wretch was cast aside: Thus was he found: the master of a hoy And his small boon with cheerful frankness dealt; Who told, nor shame forbade him, all the truth. 66 "What! our good merchant's favourite to be seen But time was lost, inquiry came too late, He thought, poor prodigal! a father yet As near the road he sought an hour's repose. And there he found it: he had left the town, But buildings yet were scatter'd up and down; To one of these, half-ruin'd and half-built, Was traced this child of wretchedness and guilt; There on the remnant of a beggar's vest, Thrown by in scorn! the sufferer sought for rest; There was this scene of vice and wo to close, And there the wretched body found repose. es of Frugality zamers-Alms-House Six Trustees Egium in the - pridious on these e Magnanimity and sf Moderation and Sr. a planning, ambi1Lfe his perpetual His Idea of erous: how removed— us daily Gratification ness-His proper Choice eritorious-His Prede THE BOROUGH. LETTER XIII. THE ALMS-HOUSE AND TRUSTEES. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. There are a sort of men whose visages Merchant of Venice. Sum felix; quis enim neget? felixque manebo; |