The wanderings of a pen and pencil . o 99 CHAPTER he village of Polesworth is finely embosomed in avalley, well watered by expansive streams, and aspicturesque and old English, with its massivelyturreted church, the statute green, the ruins of thenunnery, and the village thatch and appurtenances ofrural civilisation, as well can be desired. We crossed the spreading water by the mill-path,and after enjoyment of the tranquil scenery, we madeour way to the church, which bears a bulky imposing appearance of deceptiveantiquity, containing within as much mutilation and whitewash cruelty aswould
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . o 99 CHAPTER he village of Polesworth is finely embosomed in avalley, well watered by expansive streams, and aspicturesque and old English, with its massivelyturreted church, the statute green, the ruins of thenunnery, and the village thatch and appurtenances ofrural civilisation, as well can be desired. We crossed the spreading water by the mill-path,and after enjoyment of the tranquil scenery, we madeour way to the church, which bears a bulky imposing appearance of deceptiveantiquity, containing within as much mutilation and whitewash cruelty aswould throw Welby Pugin into convulsions, and paralyse a Flemish architectfor his lifetime. Latterly, to be sure, some shamefaced warden has returnedthe desecrated font from the village green to the interior; but this is poisonupon dagger, compelling the spirits of the baptistery to mourn, with theghosts of the chancel, for the defacements of bigotry and stupidity. Thereare some effigies of ladies robed in the fashion of the fifteenth century — afew onl
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