reply.

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INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GARDENS OF BREMHILL RECTORY.

ON A TREE COMMANDING A VIEW OF THE WHOLE EXTENT OF BOWOOD.

When in thy sight another's vast domain
Spreads its long line of woods, dost thou complain?
Nay, rather thank the God that placed thy state
Above the lowly, but beneath the great!
And still His name with gratitude revere,
Who blessed the Sabbath of thy leisure here.

ON A RURAL SEAT.

Rest, stranger, in this decorated scene,
That hangs its beds of flowers, its slopes so green;
So from the walks of life the weeds remove,
But fix thy better hopes on scenes above.

ON THE FRONT OF A HERMITAGE, NEAR A DIAL.

To mark life's few and fleeting hours
I placed the dial 'midst the flowers,
Which one by one came forth and died,
Still withering by its ancient side.
Mortals, let the sight impart
Its pensive moral to thy heart!

QUIETI ET MUSIS.

Be thine Retirement's peaceful joys,
And a life that makes no noise;
Save when Fancy, musing long,
Wakes her desultory song;
Sounding to the vacant ear,
Like the rill that murmurs near.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 196: The Cardinal, sent by the Duke of Glo'ster and the High
Commissioners, to persuade the Queen to resign her son to them. The
dialogue is almost entirely from Speed.]

[Footnote 197: Thebes.]

[Footnote 198: The vale of Avalon was surrounded by waters at the time.
King Arthur is described as buried in the island of Avalon. Part of a
sculptured lion remains; and it may be observed that Leland, in his
"Itinerary," speaks of "Duo leones sub pedibus Arthuri." The masonry
over the sacred well, discovered by Mr Warner, is eminently beautiful.
It is a singular fact, that the last meeting of the Bible Society was
held amidst the august desolation of Glastonbury Abbey.]

[Footnote 199: A celebrated station and city, on the great Roman road
from Bath to London; the walls of which, covered with trees, yet remain
nearly entire.]

[Footnote 200: The Amphitheatre.]

[Footnote 201: This majestic but dilapidated pile has been repaired at
great expense, and with taste and judgment, in every respect consonant
to and worthy of its ancient character. These verses were written under
the contemplation of this singularly beautiful and unique pile being
open again for public worship by a sacred musical performance.]

[Footnote 202: The service by the p