And the constant exercise of a good style, In solving the intricacies of metre : And a choice of words, elegant without enervation, To a high character for genius and learning. His voice full and musical, His eye piercing in the extreme, But softly tempered by the sprightliness of his whole countenance And the pleasantest graces of latent wit. When imparting to his pupils the higher polish of education, He exhibited a talent for instruction the most precise and exquisite, And in forming their minds to every call of duty, Protected the character of the Master with the greatest truth and dignity. To the matter of these praises was added A singular gentleness of manners and disposition Stili. Que. Frequentissima. Exercitatione. Limatum In. Libris. Quos. Latine. Aut. Anglice. Conscripsit Et. Ingenii. Et. Doctrinæ. Opinionem. Commendabant Acies. Oculorum. Accerrima. Illa. Quidem Quum. Juvenes. Ad. Politiorem. Humanitatem. Informaret Accuratius. Quoddam. Et. Exquisitius. Docendi. Genus. Adhibebat Et. In. Mentibus. Eorum. Ad. Omne. Officii. Munus. Instruendis Personam. Magistri. Summa. Fide. Et. Dignitate. Tuebatur Hasce. Ad. Laudes. Accesserunt Singularis. Vitæ. Atque. Naturæ. Comitas And in a wonderful manner allured Which afforded comfort and a refuge His diligence was worthy a man thoroughly learned, That after the mournful death of the Possessor, It was bought at the public cost, And placed in the 'British Museum, By order of the English Parliament. But what shone most brightly in Burney, was Quæ. Optimi. Cujusque. Benevolentiam. Conciliabat Assiduum. Et. Vehemens. Studium. In . Promendis. Consiliis Aliis. E. Prelo. Emissis Ita. Ornata. Fuit Ut. Post. Mortem. Possessoris. Luctuosam Et. Jussu. Anglici. Parlamenti In. Britannico. Museo. Collocaretur 191 RICHARD BUSBY, D.D. DOCTOR BUSBY's monument stands against the screen of the choir, in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey: it is the work of Bird, an able artist, who executed the sculpture work of St. Paul's Cathedral, but who has been chiefly commended for this performance, which ranks as his master-piece, and is additionally entitled to attention for the elegance of the epitaph inscribed upon it. The doctor is represented in the full size of life, reclining among his books, and appears still devoted to study, though nearly worn out by its intensity in his right hand is a pen, in his left a manuscript. The design is simple and natural, the finishing decidedly neat, and the effect consequently good. The inscription is long, and in Latin, but expressed in a purer idiom than is now to be observed in the generality of such compositions. This is the substance of it: The image of all that was deeper seated in his mind Regard in both Universities, and at the Bar, * En infra positam BUSBEII imaginem! Si eam Quæ in animis altiùs insedit Ultra desideras ; Academiæ utriusque et Fori lumina, In the Court, the Senate, and the Church, And, when you have contemplated That crop of intellect, so various and exuberant, Then, how great was he that sowed it, determine. The man he certainly was Who most acutely discovered, Most ably exercised, And happily improved, That talent imbued in individuals by nature. Who so moulded and nourished In all who advanced into public life The Crown and Church of England Aulæ, Senatus, atque Ecclesiæ Cumque satam ab illo ingeniorum messem Qui insitam cuique à naturâ indolem, Et exercuit commode, Et feliciter promovit. Qui adolescentium animos Ita docendo finxit alûitque Sensim succrescerent viri. Quotquot illius disciplinâ penitus imbuti Propugnatores Fidos omnes, plerosque strenuos. 1 In short, Whatever be the fame of WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, And whatever advantages have resulted to society from it, A subject so valuable to his country Flourished, under the pleasure of Heaven, for many years, and with many blessings. By turns, In every promotion of piety, He and his means were cheerfully exercised, Cherish the literary, These were the enjoyments of his wealth; And to these All that he had not consecrated during life, Richard Busby, of Lincolnshire. Quæcumque demum sit fama SCHOLE WESTMONASTERIENSIS, Atque in omne porro Ævum debebitur. Multis annis opibusque florere voluit Deus; Pietati promovendæ Se et sua alacris devovit : Pauperibus subvenire, Literatos fovere, Et hos in usus Quidquid non erogârat vivus Richardus Busby, Lincolniensis, S. T. P. |