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HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A PILGRIM.
The palmer bent, with locks of silver gray, / Quits the sweet spot where he has pass'd his years, / Quits his poor family, whose anxious fears / Paint the loved father fainting on his way; / And trembling, on his aged limbs slow borne, / In these last days that close his earthly course, / He, in his soul's strong purpose, finds new force, / Though weak with age, though by long travel worn: / Thus reaching Rome, led on by pious love, / He seeks the image of that Saviour Lord / Whom soon he hopes to meet in bliss above: / So, oft in other forms I seek to trace / Some charm, that to my heart may yet afford / A faint resemblance of thy matchless grace.