Chapter 11 ON MR. GAY.

In Westminster Abbey, 1732.

Of manners gentle, of affections mild;

In wit, a man; simpicity, a child;

With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage,

Form'd to delight at once and lash the age;

Above temptation, in a low estate;

And uncorrupted e'en among the great:

A safe companion and an easy friend,

Unblam'd through life, lam