. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. and looked up to by people of every class—his mind hadever been active, ever rising above his bodily ailments, everseeking out fresh scientific truths, and ever busying itself tobenefit his fellow-men; and in the midst of his most suc-cessful labours—after reaping to the full the reward of hisindustry, his toil, and his research—that mind which hadby its working been the support of thousands of his
. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. and looked up to by people of every class—his mind hadever been active, ever rising above his bodily ailments, everseeking out fresh scientific truths, and ever busying itself tobenefit his fellow-men; and in the midst of his most suc-cessful labours—after reaping to the full the reward of hisindustry, his toil, and his research—that mind which hadby its working been the support of thousands of his fellow-creatures, and from which there are few who do not at thepresent day derive benefit in some way or other, died outbut with his life, and left him resting from his worldlytoil. On the 3rd of January, 1795, Josiah Wedgwood died, andon the 6 th his remains were interred in the parish church •l! atf MONODY ON JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. 357 of St. Peter, Stoke-upon-Trent, as shown by the followingextract from the parish register :— Bui-ials in 6th, Josiah Wedgwood, of Etruria; the entry being in the handwriting of William Ferny-hough, minister of Stoke-upon-Trent, by whom it is. ETBURIA HALL. attested. This clergyman, a man of rare talent, impressedwith the solemnity of the death of so great and good a man,^vrote the following Monody on the late Josiah Wedgwood, Esq., , The plaintive Muse oer Wedgwoods mournful bierHeaves the sad sigh and drops the pearly tear ;Tis Natures voice, and hearts that swell with grief,In these rude numbers seeks some kind relief j 358 THE WEDGWOODS. He needs no verse in artful language drest, Wliere well-earnd fame will live in evry breast. Dear friend of men, thy philanthropic mind Felt daily for the miseries of thy kind; Thy liberal hand ten thousand blessings spread, And oft supplied the hungry poor with bread. When wintry winds with hollow murmurs blew, And fleecy snow in circling eddies flew, In this rough season of the
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