thou fear the winter's wind? Canst thou survive the
snow-storm? Tell me: dost thou sleep by starlight, or revel with
midnight fairies? My Snowdrop, I pity thee, for thou art a lonely
flower. Why camest thou out so early, and wouldst not tarry for thy
more cautious spring-time companions? Yet thou knowest not fear, "fair
maiden of February." Thou art bold to come out on such a morning, and
friendless too. It must be true as they tell me, that thou wert once
an icicle, and the breath of some fairy's lips warmed thee into a
flower. Indeed thou lookest a frail and fairy thing, and thou wilt not
sojourn with us long; therefore it is I make much of thee. Too soon,
ah! too soon, will thy graceful form droop and die; yet shall the
memory of my Snowdrop be sweet, while memory lasts. I know not that I
shall live to see thy drooping head another year. A thousand flowers
with a thousand hues will follow after thee, but I will not, I will
not forget thee my Snowdrop.

MAJOR CONVOLVULUS.

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OUR LADY'S CHAPEL, SOUTHWARK.

It may not plainly appear to some readers that our Engraving of this
fine vestige of ancient art, is from a View taken in the year 1818.
The Bishop's Chapel, which is there shown, was demolished about twelve
months since, at whose bidding we know not; perhaps of the same party
who now contend for the destruction of the Lady Chapel.

By the way we referred to the Altar Screen, of which we now find the
following memorandum in a _History of St. Saviour's Church_, published
in 1795:[4]

"Anno 1618. 15 Jac. I.
"The screen at the entrance to the chapel of the Virgin Mary was
this year set up."

In the same work occur the particulars of the repairs of the Lady
Chapel in 1624:

"Anno 1624. 21 Jac. I.
"The chapel of the Virgin Mary was restored to the parishioners,
being let out to bakers for above sixty years before, and 200_l_.
laid out in the repair. Of which we preserve the following extract
from Stowe:

"But passing all these, some what now of that part of this church
above the chancell, that in former times was called Our Ladies
Chappell.

"It is now called the New Chappell; and indeed, though very old,
it now may be called a new one, because newly redeemed from such
use and imployment, as in respect of that it was built to, divine
and religious duties, may very well be branded, with the style of