When first we, by Divine appointment, met?

Where undisturb’d the thoughtful student roves,

In search of truth, through academic groves,

A modest, pensive youth, who mus’d alone,

Industrious the frequented path to shun:

An Israelite without disguise or art

I saw, I loved, and clasp’d him to my heart,

A stranger as my bosom friend carest,

And unawares receiv’d an angel-guest.”

“Through his abundant toils, with fixt amaze,