Reply
to
the
foregoing
Verses
.
Why
did
I
hope
to
make
your
Anguish
less
?
I
try'd
to
cure
,
and
I
have
caught
,
Distress
.
Suppress
your
Sighs
,
dry
up
your
Tears
;
'tis
Time
:
Excess
of
Virtue
may
become
a
Crime
.
You
lost
,
you
say
,
a
Friend
,
and
Father
too
;
But
know
,
Mankind
would
lose
a
Friend
in
you
.