MR. NORMAND BURR,

We knew him as a man of sterling worth,

Whose good example is a legacy

Better than gold for those he leaves behind.

— His inborn piety flowed forth in streams

Of social kindness and domestic love,

Cheering with filial warmth the parents’ heart,

And making his own home a pleasant place.

— His was that self-reliant industry,

Smiling at hardship, which develops well

The energies of manhood, and lends strength

To commonwealths.

By silent messenger,

A weekly scroll, he strove to spread abroad

The stores of knowledge, and increase the fruits

Of righteousness. Hence is his loss bemoan'd

By many who had never seen his face

Here in the flesh, but thro’ the links of thought

Held intimate communion.

The true life

Of virtue, is not lost to men below,

Though smitten by the frost of death it fall,—

Its quickening memory survives, to gird

On in the heavenward race, and gently guide

Where the high plaudit of the Judge is won.