Espied an old mosaic effigy
Set in a roofless chamber's pavement floor,
MS.
[888] 1837.
Shade of the poor Departed ... ms.
Effigies of the Vanished ... 1835.
[889] This ingenious piece of workmanship, as I afterwards learned, had been executed for their own amusement by some labourers employed about the place.—W. W. 1835.
[890] 1837.
... or symbol of past times,
That towering courage, and the savage deeds
Those times were proud of, take Thou too a share, 1835.
Their towering courage, and the savage deeds
Which they were proud of, ...
MS.