. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. y to express the wholemeaning of the writer. The word over, or someequivalent, is surely necessary here, before thewords her own self. But a little licence must beallowed to poets, and they must not be tied downtoo closely to literal accuracy and exact Margarets Church has also the honour ofholding the remains of Skelton, the merry poet-laureate of Henry VIII. Over his tomb is thefollowing whimsical inscription \-- 570 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [St. Margarets Church. Come, Alecto, lend me thy torch,To find
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. y to express the wholemeaning of the writer. The word over, or someequivalent, is surely necessary here, before thewords her own self. But a little licence must beallowed to poets, and they must not be tied downtoo closely to literal accuracy and exact Margarets Church has also the honour ofholding the remains of Skelton, the merry poet-laureate of Henry VIII. Over his tomb is thefollowing whimsical inscription \-- 570 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [St. Margarets Church. Come, Alecto, lend me thy torch,To find a churchyard in a church porch;Poverty and poetry this tomb doth enclose :Therefore, gentlemen, be merry in prose. On the walls of the vestry hang two old andcurious prints giving views of the interior of the several monuments now removed, as well as theoriginal pew of the Speaker—on the epistle side ofthe chancel—and the old pulpit and reading-desk,which are different in character and position fromthose in use at the present day. We give a copyof this engraving INitkioK IF bT. MARGAkLls iiUkCll. {Iroil! Crockhuc ana lioa^a Ita^ei Book. 1695 church in the reigns of Charles IL and of Williamand Mary, with the House of Commons in stateattending the service. The latter engraving is acopy of the print by Brook, prefixed to Warnersedition of the Book of Common Prayer, printedfor Crockhall and Hodges, in 1695. It shows theold east window with the date 1692 (upwards ofhalf a century before the erection of the presentwindow), the communion-table before the erectionof the basso-relievo modelled by Van Nost, and Down to a very recent date, the Speaker andthe House of Commons used to attend this churchin state upon the days of what were known asthe State Services, such as the 30th of January(King Charles Martyrdom), the 5th of November(Gunpowder Plot), the day of the Kings or QueensAccession, and the 29th of May (the Restorationof King Charles H.), when the sermon was alwaysd
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