. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . s inlaid. We must not omit to mention, that within this church lie the earthly remains ofBishop Watson, a man by whom human distinctions were valued merely as an enlargedmeans of doing good. The only memorial inscribed over the illustrious dead, is asmall plate, containing a brief record of his name, age, and death. The rectory house is pleasantly situated in front of the lake : — A house of slate, One, beneath whose roof, methink
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . s inlaid. We must not omit to mention, that within this church lie the earthly remains ofBishop Watson, a man by whom human distinctions were valued merely as an enlargedmeans of doing good. The only memorial inscribed over the illustrious dead, is asmall plate, containing a brief record of his name, age, and death. The rectory house is pleasantly situated in front of the lake : — A house of slate, One, beneath whose roof, methinks, A rural lord might dwell. There abides,In his allotted home, a genuine priest,The shepherd of his flock; or, as a kingIs styled, when most affectionately praised,The father of his people. The verdant mounds scattered over this church-yard in the mountains, to mark thehallowed spots where the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep, more deeply impressthe mind, than the most elaborate trophies which human ingenuity has been able to erectin loftier temples :— Where, through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault,The pealing anthem swells the note of
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