In politics he had no character--let us hope from weakness rather than from selfishness; yet, towards the close of his life, he wrote some poems which reveal a man not unaccustomed to ponder sacred things, and able to express his thoughts concerning them with force and justice.

From a poem called _Of Divine Love_, I gather the following very remarkable passages: I wish they had been enforced by greater nobility of character.

Still they are in themselves true.

Even where we have no proof of repentance, we may see plentiful signs of a growth towards it.

We cannot tell how long the truth may of necessity require to interpenetrate the ramifications of a man's nature.