Make no delay."
On one of the bells of Burford Church, near Tenbury, is the following inscription:
"At service-time I sound,
And at the death of men;
To serve your God, and well to die,
Remember then."
The inscriptions on the bells of St. Helen's Church, Worcester, are very singular; the names they bear tell their date:
1. "Blenheim.
First is my note, and Blenheim is my name;
For Blenheim's story will be first in fame."
2. "Barcelona.
Let me relate how Louis did bemoan
His grandson Philip's flight from Barcelon."
3. "Ramilies.
Deluged in blood, I, Ramilies, advance
Britannia's glory in the fall of France."
4. "Menin.
Let Menin on my sides engraven be,
And Flanders freed from Gallic slavery."
5. "Turin.
When in harmonious peal I roundly go,
Think on Turin, and triumph of the Po."
6. "Eugene.
With joy I bear illustrious Eugene's name,
Fav'rite of Fortune, and the boast of fame."
7. "Marlborough.
But I, with pride, the greater Marlborough bear.
Terror of tyrants, and the soul of war."
8. "Queen Ann.
Th' immortal praises of Queen Ann I sound;
With union blest, and all those glories crown'd."
In Clifton-on-Teme Church (dedicated to St. Kenelm) are the two following bell-inscriptions, the second of which appears to contain a date: