Reference to Beddome's Father by Benjamin Francis

Beddome's contemporary Benjamin Francis wrote many elegies. In 1791 he wrote one cclebrating Caleb Evans. Near the beginning he speaks of the muse and one who ...

… 'Midst kindred graves she spends her cloudy days;
The Father's first, the Son's she next surveys:
Down, down she gazes on the dear remains,
That sweetly sleep where lasting silence reigns.
Near by their side, her worthy NEWTON lies,
NEWTON the meek, the amiable, the wise,
With learned FOSKETT, humble, grave, and kind,
And gifted BEDDOME of a pious mind.
The Sire and Son the muse had long enjoy'd
As bosom friends, in friendly deeds employ'd: ...

The references are to Bristol College teachers Hugh Evans (1712-1781), Caleb Evans (1737-1791), James Newton (1733-1790), Bernard Foskett (1685-1758) and John Beddome (1674-1757).