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[nb: Gaps filled from alternate, printed copy] Happiness

True happiness is not the growth of earth, [Th]e Toil is fruitless, if you seek it there;

[Tis] an Exotic of Celestial birth [An]d never blooms but in Celestial Air! [S]weet Flower of Paradise! Its seeds are sown [In] here & there a mind of heavenly mould, [It] rises slow & buds, but n'eer was known [To] blossom here, - The climate is too cold.

[illeg]lion..

Veni Vide Vici.

Two thirds of Cæsars boasted fame Thou Nelson must resign To come & see is Parker's claim To conquer - only thine.

By the Revd Mr Beaver.

[?r] Whitfords epigram on the presentation of the freedom of [Lo]ndon to the Admls. Rodney & Keppel the former in Gold the [la]tter in heart of oak

Each Admirals defective part Satiric Cits - you've told, That cautious Keppel wanted heart And Gallant Rodney Gold.