In vain you shew a happy Nation, <br />The Gospel's gracious Dispensation; <br />And plead from thence, to bring up Youth <br />To early Piety and Truth. <br />To unattentive Ears you preach, <br />What Miseries alone can teach. <br /> <br />'Tis said, Hibernia boasts a Flood, <br />Famous for petrefying Wood: <br />Tunbridge, thy Min'ral Streams, we know, <br />A stranger Transformation show: <br />Their dire Effects the Wretched feel: <br />Thy Waters turn the Heart to Steel.<br /><br />Mary Barber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-reverend-dr-l/
