Minor Notes.
Lines in Whispering Gallery at Gloucester Cathedral.
—The following verse is inscribed in the Whispering Gallery of Gloucester Cathedral; to preserve it, and as a "Note" to the fourth stanza of the "Ditty" I inserted in Vol iv., p. 311., I copied it for "N. & Q."
"Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall thus cunningly
Conveys soft whispers to the ear."
H. G. D.
Definition of Thunder.
—The following singular definition of thunder occurs in Bailey's Dictionary, vol. i. 17th edit., 1759:—
"Thunder [Dunder, Sax. &c.], a noise known by persons not deaf."
In Bailey's 2nd vol. 2nd edition, 1731 (twenty-eight years previous to the edition of vol. i. above cited), the word is much more scientifically treated.
CRANMORE.
Greek Epigram by an uncertain Author.—
Εἴ με φιλοῦντα φιλεῖς, δισσὴ χάρις· εἰ δέ με μισεῖς,
Τόσσον μισηθείης, ὅσσον ἐγώ σε φιλῶ.
Imitated.
"Shouldst thou, O Daphne! for my sake,
An equal pain endure,
A sense of gratitude will make
The bond of love secure.
But shouldst thou, reckless of my fate,
Unkind and cruel prove,
Sweet maid, thou'lt never learn to hate
So truly as I love."
N. N.