And echoed in another hemisphere,
Survives the sculptured walls and painted panes.
St. Botolph’s Town!—Far over leagues of land
And leagues of sea looks forth its noble tower,
And far around the chiming bells are heard.”
Now as the English people have a queer way of shortening names, as the years go on, that reminds one of the riddle:
“Little Nan Etticoat has a white petticoat
And a red nose.
The longer she stands the shorter she grows.”
In process of time old St. Botolph’s Town became reduced to simply Boston.[A]