MONODY ON JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. 357 



of St. Peter, Stoke-upon-Trent, as shown by the following 

 extract from the parish register : 



"Burials in 1795. 

 Jany. 6th, Josiah Wedgwood, of Etruria ;" 



the entry being in the handwriting of "William Ferny- 

 hough, minister of Stoke - upon - Trent," by whom it is 



ETHUBIA HALL. 



attested. This clergyman, a man of rare talent, impressed 

 with the solemnity of the death of so great and good a man, 

 wrote the following 



"'MONODY ON THE LATE JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A, 



" The plaintive Muse o'er WEDGWOOD'S mournful bier 

 Heaves the sad sigh and drops the pearly tear j 

 'Tis Nature's voice, and hearts that swell with grief, 

 In these rude numbers seeks some kind relief j 



