There Fancy sees thee still amidst thy flow'rs, Take, then, dear Shade, while awful thus I bend, The following is the Inscription to the Memory of this estimable Lady: "In Memory of LADY CALDWELL, Daughter of GODFREY MEYNEL, of Bradley, in the County of Derby, Esq. Wife of Sir JOHN CALDWELL, of Castle Caldwell, Bart. In the Kingdom of Ireland. Obiit Anno Ætatis suæ 39, Mar. 18, 1795. To the Best of Wives, to the Best of Parents, To a Beloved and Fond Companion, To the Sweetest and Dearest of Friends; To such an Exalted Character, Which in dignifying her Sex honoured Human Nature; Virtue and Goodness shall be respected among Men, As the humble Record, and affectionate Tribute, Of an Affectionate and Disconsolate Husband." AN AN ODE, FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE CHARITY-SCHOOL OF ST. JOHN, WAPPING. O THOU! to suffering mortals giv’n, Whom the Almighty Father calls his own, And plac'd Thee near his everlasting Throne, Amongst the best belov'd of Heav'n! Sister of Pity and of Love, Now, in thy native realms above, For now the blessed hour appears, With ready and obedient hands, Would pour their incense o'er thy hallow'd shrine; Their free-will offering now would pay, More bright and beauteous than the ray That Sun in His centenary could dartThe sacred Incense of a grateful Heart! Say, can the beam of orient Morn On ODE FOR THE CENTENARY OF A CHARITY-SCHOOL. 141 On whose fresh bud the dew-drops shine,- Or, gentle Gratitude! with thine? To that the noon-tide Orb is pale; To the sweet sigh the widow'd Mother heaves, And, hark! responsive to the mingled sound, We see it in each smile and tear, That hails, O Charity! thy votive Year: And while thy tender Mercies we proclaim, * I am just informed by the Secretary of this laudable establishment, that the Charity School of St. John, of Wapping, arose originally from a society society of young men, who were used to meet in the vestry-room of the parish-church, on the last Sunday in every month, to read and expound the Scriptures, preparatory to receiving the Sacrament on the Sunday following. The first School was opened on Whit-Tuesday, A. D. 1704, and twenty boys only were admitted: it then became patronized by donations, collections at charity sermons, and yearly subscriptions. In the year 1708 a School was instituted for the reception of girls; and, accordingly, ten were admitted. By the benevolence of the inhabitants it increased; and the old School being both out of repair and too small, the present edifice was erected in the year 1760: since which period fifty boys and forty girls have been educated and annually clothed; having extra linen, z pair of shoes and stockings every Christmas-day, and are moreover supplied with every necessary for their education. They are admitted at the age of seven years, and remain in the School until they attain to their fourteenth, when they are put out apprentices. The boys have a premium given with them of five pounds, and the girls four pounds. There have been educated and clothed, since its first establishment, 1263 children, including those now in the Schools, and have been disposed of as follows, viz. There are men now living in the parish, in respectable trades, who were educated in this School, and who do not scruple publicly to avow, that to this institution they are indebted for their present prosperity and the rank they hold in society. THE THE MODERN HERCULES. TO JOHN Vancouver, ESQ., ON HIS PRESENTING THE AUTHOR WITH A GOLDEN PEN. EXCEPT that muzzy Quiz, an Owl, What can an Owl but sit and blink, Is |