A. S. A.
Punjaub.
"Ne'er to these chambers," &c. (Vol. vii., p. 14.).—In reply to Aram's Query: "Where do these lines come from?" they come from Tickell's sublime and pathetic "Elegy on the Death of Addison." Aram ("Wits have short memories," &c.) has misquoted them. In a poem of so high a mood, to displace a word is to destroy a beauty. Aram has interpolated several words. The following is the true version:
"Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest,
Since their foundation, came a nobler guest,
Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd
A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade."
George Daniel.
Canonbury.
These lines are taken from the "Elegy on the Death of Addison," written by Tickell. They are, if I remember rightly, inscribed on the gravestone recently placed over his remains by the Earl of Ellesmere, in the north aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel. The last two lines which your correspondent quotes should be as follows: