John Brown. 1715-1766

Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced

That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,—

That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour

Serves but to brighten all our future days.

Barbarossa. Act v. Sc. 3.

And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.

An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope.[380:1]