Another friend (Wm. B. Preston) contributed a poem, in which two stanzas read as follows:—

“Though to the learned thy lofty works

Like mighty hosts appear;

The tale of her own neighborhood

Bids Kennett hold the dear.

And Cedarcroft! thy name will shine

Through ages long to come,

With Stratford and with Abbotsford,

The monarch minstrel’s home.”