Chapter 18 No.18

Each Excellence he had that Youth has in its Pride,

And all Experienc'd Age cou'd teach,

At once the vigorous fire of this,

And every vertue which that cou'd Express.

In all the heights that both could reach;

And yet alas, in this Perfection di'd.

Dropt like a Blossom with the Northern blast,

(When all the scatter'd Leaves abro