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t_ev. Samuel WkiNng. _7I
The death of the venerable minister who
had preached at Lynn forty.three years, was
commemorated by an elegy composed by Mr.
Benjamin Thompson, a schoolmaster, born at
Braintree, the first native American poet.
UPON THE VERY LEARNED SAMUEL _VHITING.
BY BENJAMIN THOMPSON. "_
Mount, FAME, the glorious chariot of the sun l
Through the world's cirque, all you, her heralds, run,
And let this great saint's merits be revealed,
Which, during life, he studiously concealed.
Cite all the Levites, fetch the sons of art,
In these our dolors to sustain a part ;
Warn all that value worth, and every one
Within their eyes to bring a Helicon ;
For in this single person we have lost
More riches than an India has engrost.
When Wilson, that plerophory of love,
Did from his banks up to his centre move,
Rare Whiting quotes Columbus on this coast,
Producing gems of which a king might boast.
_ For the history of this poet, see x Winthrop's Journal, 377, note ;
in which 'he annotator deems these the best verses in the Magnalia.