"Severely criticised by their political opponents for neglecting their official duties, it was said that they had no thought but to live out their days in rural retirement."
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Happiness is the temperate feast of life
Calmly he look'd on either life, and here
Saw nothing to regret, and there to fear;
From nature's temp'rate feast rose satisfy'd,
Thank'd heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd.