COUNTY RHYMES.
Kent.
"He that will not live long,
Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong."
"Dover, Sandwich, and Winchelsea,
Rumney and Rye, the five ports be."
Cheshire.
"Chester of Castria took the name,
As if that Castria were the same."
Lincolnshire—Stamford.
"Doctrinæ studium, quod nunc viget ad vada Boum,
Tempore venturo celebrabitur ad vada Saxi."
"Science that now o'er Oxford sheds her ray,
Shall bless fair Stamford at some future day."
Wiltshire—Salisbury Cathedral.
"As many days as in one year there be,
So many windows in this church you see.
As many marble pillars here appear,
As there are hours through the fleeting year.
As many gates as moons one here does view
Strange tale to tell, yet not more strange than true."
Chippenham—On a Stone.
"Hither extendeth Maud Heath's gift,
For where I stand is Chippenham clift."
Surrey—Market House, Farnham.
"You who do like me, give money to end me,
You who dislike me, give as much to mend me."
Woking—Sutton.
"Beastly 'Oking—pretty Sutton,
Filthy foxglove—bach'lors button."
"'Oking was—Guildford is—Godalming shall be."
Somersetshire.
"Stanton Drew,
A mile from Pensford—another from Chew."
Pembrokeshire.
"Once to Rome thy steps incline,
But visit twice St. David's shrine."
"When Percelty weareth a hat,
All Pembrokeshire shall weet of that."
J. Ebff.
Bolt Court.