Oh! early in the balance weighed,

And ever light of word and worth,

Whose soul expired ere youth decayed,

And left thee but a mass of earth.

To see thee moves the scorner's mirth:

But tears in Hope's averted eye

Lament that even thou hadst birth—

Unfit to govern, live, or die.

February 12, 1815.

[First published, 1831.]