PEARL-STREET, _August 23, 1796_.
[* There is a tradition among the Indians, that the cries of the
whip-poor-will are ominous of coming evil.]
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THE HAPPY MAN.
To Horatio.
Blest with the joys impassion’d fathers know,
And all that heaven could in a wife bestow:
A wife endear’d to that congenial breast.
In three sweet prattlers most supremely blest.
Blest with enjoyments that on wealth attend,
And blest by heaven with many a social friend;
In calm delight, whose ever-smiling rays,
Spreads a sweet sun-shine o’er thy happy days.
And blest to know, that high enroll’d in fame,
Ages shall love and venerate the name.
To every friend thy memory dear shall be,
And sweet the song be, when they sing of thee----
Oh! read this verse, where blessings all combine,
And view thyself in each descriptive line.
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