brighter sphere.
But unextinguishable still
Thy parting glow!
As from Sol's latest smile of light
Steep Alpine summits of eternal snow
A purpling lustre cast o'er the deep vales below.

So beams thy virtue, after life has fled,
In deeds reflected, which their blessings shed
Still o'er thy people, and will ever be
Illustrious tokens of thy piety.
This spot an endless monument
Of thee shall stand,
And still perpetuate thy praise:
For here from age to age a youthful band
Shall learn the fear of God, the love of Fatherland.

J. Brackenridge gave a short description of the extent of his Classical
Studies:--

See this the third! theme of mine ode,
Adorned by sculptur'd art;
Make it, O Learning, thy abode,
Thy gems through it impart.
There may the bards of tragic name
Forever flourish, Graecia's fame--
With Homer's deathless lay!
Here Maro with heroic glow,
And Naso's elegiac flow
Outlive their mould'ring clay.

Jackson Mason was the best of the three, though strongly suggestive of
Gray. He describes the tale of a maiden "vanished down the gulph
profound" and now

The ruffled water of the well
Mov'd by bosom's fall and swell
Alternate ebbs and flows.

The tale is o'er; the old man gone.
With tottering steps and slow
He pauses ever and anon,
To view the vale below:
And, leaning on his staff the while,
Gazes with pleasure on the pile,
Which crowns that landscape fair:
Then as the grateful tear-drop falls,
For blessings on those goodly walls
Breathes forth this fervent prayer.

Such was the poetical achievement of three boys in 1851.

The School might reasonably be expected to go forward quickly, with new
buildings, a new Headmaster and strenuous Governors, and in 1850 they
received a just recognition of the quality of the teaching. The Provost
and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, had a very large sum of money
at their disposal, which was devised to them by Lady Elizabeth Hastings.
She had intended the money to be divided annually among boys from
schools in the North of England. The privilege of being one of the
schools able to send boys in for the Exhibitions--which were very
valuable--was offered to Giggleswick and gratefully accepted. The
Exhibitions h