Select poems, &c / by the late John Dawes Worgan, of Bristol, who died on the 25th of July 1809, aged nineteen years. To which are added some particulars of his life and character, by an early friend and associate. With a preface, by William Hayley, esq.

  • Worgan, John Dawes, 1791-1809.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Select poems, &c / by the late John Dawes Worgan, of Bristol, who died on the 25th of July 1809, aged nineteen years. To which are added some particulars of his life and character, by an early friend and associate. With a preface, by William Hayley, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ll«; Cluirth of England, Such lie was at the time of Ills nrarnage in January 1790, My mother was a member of tlie Chui ch of the United Bretliren. ^Iie statement of these tilings is necessary,, that future circumstances and expressions uiay be un- derstood. In the jiarish-chm ch of St. ]SIary-lc-Port, Bris- tol, I Nvas dedicated at the baptismal font by tlie Rev. T, T. Biddulph. I should not detail a circumstance which must appear so trifling, but it is one which I regard with |)cculiar pleasure. The eminent servant of God, by whose ministry I was ultroduced into the Christian church (when a pas- sive infant unconscious of the benefit), has con- tinued an unceasing manifestation of kindness, i« all the seasons and circumstances of my life. He has been miiformly prompt to act the part of a real friend; to promote my interest, both in a temporal and spiritual manner; to animate me in my studies, by such encouragements and such a portion of praise as he considered me capable of bearing; and (w hat I esteem the most important of all) to show me my faults, w ith the most faith- ful and unreserved sincerity, united at the same time with the most tender and affectionate kind- ness. A scries of friendly services of this descrip- tion I contemplate W'itli sii^^ulsr S3ti^ fnctioii • Knowing as T do by exjx-ncnccy what are the