OD E INSCRIBED ΤΟ JOHN HOWARD, Esq. F. R. S. AUTHOR Q F "The State of English and Foreign Prifons." BY WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq. FAVRITE of Heaven, and friend of Earth! Philanthropy, benignant Power! Whofe fons difplay no doubtful worth, Ah! whither leadft thou?--whence that figh? Is Virtue funk in thefe abodes, But whence thofe fudden facred beams? Oppreffion drops his iron rod ! And all the bright ning dungeon feems Diffufes unexpected day! Lovelieft of angels !-at her fide Her favourite votary ftands ;-her English pride, Hail generous HOWARD! tho' thou bear Such wreaths of facred Palm, as ne'er till now * That Hero's praise fhall ever bloom, Who fhielded our infulted coaft; And launch'd his light'ning to confume From scenes where deadlier danger dwells; Where fierce Contagion, with affright, repels Valor's advent'rous ftep from her malignant cells. CHARLES HOWARD, Earl of Nottingham. Where in the dungeon's loathfome fhade, From Death's chill dew, with many a clotted tear, What precious Drug, or ftronger Charm, Her crystal cup from Nature's purest rill; I fee the hallow'd fhade of HALES† Who felt, like thee, for human woe, And taught the health-diffufing gales Thro' Horror's murky cells to blow, * Muffabat tacito Medecina timore. LUCRETIUS. + STEPHEN HALES, minifter of Teddington: he died at the age of 84, 1761; and has been justly called "An ornament to his profeffion, as a clergyman, and "to his country, as a philofopher." I had the happinefs of knowing this excellent man, when I was very young; and well remember the warm glow of benevolence which ufed to animate his countenance, in relating the fuccefs of his various projects for the benefit of mankind. I have frequently heard him dwell with great pleasure on the fortunate incident which led him to the As thy protecting angel wait; To fave thee from the fnares of Fate, I hear him praife, in wonder's warmest tone, Thy foul fupplies new funds of health And Pharmacy's reviving power. Infpirit every mortal part; And, far more potent than precarious art, Give radiance to the eye, and vigor to the heart. Bleft HOWARD! who like thee can feel Friend to the wretch, whom friends difclaim, difcovery of his Ventilator, to which I have alluded.— He had ordered a new floor for one of his rooms; his carpenter not having prepared the work fo foon as he expected, he thought the feafon improper for laying down new boards, when they were brought to his house, and gave orders for their being depofited in his barn;— from their accidental pofition in that place, he caught his first idea of this useful invention. |