Funeral Elegy

Excerpt-55 Those noble twins of heaven-infused races,
Learning and wit, refined in their kind
Did jointly both, in their peculiar graces,
Enrich the curious temple of his mind;
Indeed a temple, in whose precious white
60 Sat reason by religion overswayed,
Teaching his other senses, with delight,
How piety and zeal should be obeyed.
Not fruitlessly in prodigal expense
Wasting his best of time, but so content
65 With reason's golden mean to make defense
Against the assault of youth's encouragem...