Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . cs^. The ^ide Aisles of the Chapel west of and close to the tomb of QueenElizabeth, at about the height of the capi-tals of the column supporting her canopy,on the inward-projecting angle of the pan-elled wall. Look for the second cross ona similar buttress to the west: and a thirdat the east. The grave of the poet, Joseph Addison(d. 1719, aet. forty-seven), is marked bya slab in the pavement close to the entranceof this aisle: but the body is in the vaultat the head of Elizabeths tomb and themonument in the Poets Corner, wherethe bu


Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . cs^. The ^ide Aisles of the Chapel west of and close to the tomb of QueenElizabeth, at about the height of the capi-tals of the column supporting her canopy,on the inward-projecting angle of the pan-elled wall. Look for the second cross ona similar buttress to the west: and a thirdat the east. The grave of the poet, Joseph Addison(d. 1719, aet. forty-seven), is marked bya slab in the pavement close to the entranceof this aisle: but the body is in the vaultat the head of Elizabeths tomb and themonument in the Poets Corner, wherethe burial is described (v. p. 174). TheAbbey had ever been to this poet rich inimpressive meanings and memories andhere he loved to stroll about with hisfriend. Dean Atterbury: here he bringsSir Roger de Coverly. He writes of themen and women, friends and enemies,priests and soldiers, monks and preben-daries, early youth and old age buriedhere.* When I am in serious humourI very often walk here by myself: wherethe gloominess of the place and the use towhich it is ap


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