and had the Singular Favours of Heaven that tho' he had Usefully spent
his Life among children, yet he was not become Twice a child but held
his Abilities, with his usefulness, in an unusual Degree to the very
last." Then follows the sermon, remarkable in its way as a eulogy. But
the Essay in Rhyme in Memory of his "Venerable Master," which follows
the sermon, is even more characteristic and remarkable. In it are some
couplets which are unique and interesting.


"Do but name _Cheever_, and the _Echo_ straight
Upon that name. _Good Latin_ will Repeat.

"And in our _School_, a Miracle is wrought:
For the _Dead Languages_ to _Life_ are brought.

"Who serv'd the _School_, the _Church_, did not forget,
But Thought and Prayed & often wept for it.

"How oft we saw him tread the _Milky Way_
Which to the Glorious _Throne of Mercy_ lay!

"Come from the _Mount_ he shone with ancient Grace,
Awful the _Splendor_ of his Aged Face.

"He _Liv'd_ and to vast age no Illness knew,
Till _Times_ Scythe waiting for him Rusty grew.

"He _Liv'd_ and _Wrought_; His Labours were Immense,
But ne'r _Declined_ to _Præter-perfect Tense_."