What beauteous forms as by magic unfold!

The store-house of Nature he swiftly displays,

Till the dazzled beholder is lost in the maze;

Designs without number appear to the view,

And show what the chalk and the blackboard can do.

8. O wise PESTALOZZI! we place on thy brow

A coronet, bright and unfading; for thou

A legacy rich hast bequeathed unto men:

Our one feeble talent by thee is made ten;

We prize thy rare gift, but we never may know