Sixth reader for the use of schools . unday cane on the fireplace, as usual, was wide and deep enough to admit a gossipknot within its jambs. 9. In one corner sat the old mans granddaughter sewing, a prettyblue-eyed girl, and in the opposite corner was a superannuated crony,whom he addressed by the name of John Ange, and who, I found,had been his companion from childhood. They had played togetherin infancy; they had worked together in manhood; they were nowtottering about and gossiping away the evening of life ; and in ashort time they will probably be buried together in the neighbor
Sixth reader for the use of schools . unday cane on the fireplace, as usual, was wide and deep enough to admit a gossipknot within its jambs. 9. In one corner sat the old mans granddaughter sewing, a prettyblue-eyed girl, and in the opposite corner was a superannuated crony,whom he addressed by the name of John Ange, and who, I found,had been his companion from childhood. They had played togetherin infancy; they had worked together in manhood; they were nowtottering about and gossiping away the evening of life ; and in ashort time they will probably be buried together in the neighboringchurchyard. It is not often that we see two streams of existencerunning thus evenly and tranquilly side by side; it is only in suchquiet bosom scenes of life that they are to be met with. 10. We approached the church through the avenue of limes, andentered by a Gothic porch, highly ornamented, with carved doors ofmassive oak. The interior is spacious, and the architecture and 20 inE SIXTH READER. , zliffi^il ..^..„., .ill MmmMm^. superior to those of most country clmrclies. Thereare several ancient monuments of nobility and gentry, over some ofwhich hang funeral escutcheons and banners dropping piece-mealfrom the walls. The tomb of Shakespeare is in the chancel. Theplace is solemn and sepulchral. TaU elms wave before the pointed BIRTH-PLACE AND TOMB OF SHAKESPEARE. 21 windows, and the Avon, which runs at a short distance frora thewalLs, keeps up a low perpetual murmur. 11. A flat stone marks the spot where the bard is buried. Thereare four lines inscribed on it, said to have been written by himself,and which have in them something extremely awful. If they areindeed his own, they show that solicitude about the quiet of thegrave, which seems natural to fine sensibilities and thoughtful minds Good friend, for Jesus sake forbearTo dig the diut enclosed here;Blessed be he that spares these stones,And curst be he that moves my bones. 12. Just over the grave, in a
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