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Article ST. SAVIOUR'S AND ITS MONUMENTS. ← Page 5 of 9 →
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
Reddidit immolutum morti Generale tributum Spiritus exutum Se gaudeat esse solutum Est ubi virtutuni Regnum sine labe statutum . In the front is a modern tributemerelstating that John
, y Gower , a celebrated English poet , who lived in the reign of Edivard the Third and Richard the Second , lies there . Gower was the master of Chaucer , and he calls him his disciple in some verses which seem specially dedicated to that great poet ; but although the pupil died at the age of seventy-two , Gower survived him by two years , and suffered from a total deprivation
of sight during the last five years of his existence . There is a monument near the altar-screen which is covered with a canopy very characteristic of the * ra which was then passing away ; it is alternately gilt and painted , and on the top are three kneeling figures . These are intended to depict Alderman Humble and his two wives , Margaret and Isabel ; and on two sides are representations of his children in the dress of their time . On the north end are the following expressive and symbolical verses : —
Like to the damask rose you see , Or like the blossom on the tree , Or like the dainty flower of May , Or like the morning of the day , Or like the sun , or like the shade , Or like the gourd which Jonas had : Even so is manwhose thread is
, spun , Draivn out and cut , and so is done . The rose withers , the blossom blasteth , The flower fades , the morning hasteth ; The sun sets , the shadow flies , The gourd consumes , and man he dies .
These appropriate and truly poetical similes are to be found in a poem , the authorship of which , on somewhat vague authority , has been awarded to Francis Quarles . On a wall in the north aisle is a monument to the memory of John Trehearne , a gentleman porter to James the First ; he is represented with a ruff round his neck , the Raleigh hat , and buttons and waistband gilt and polished ; his wife's bust is also gaily adorned , and beneath them are these very curious ancl somewhat ridiculous lines : —
" Had kings a power to lend then * subjects breath , Trchcarne , thou shouldst not be cast clown by death ; Thy royall master still would keopc thee then ; But length of dayes are beyond reach of men .
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
Reddidit immolutum morti Generale tributum Spiritus exutum Se gaudeat esse solutum Est ubi virtutuni Regnum sine labe statutum . In the front is a modern tributemerelstating that John
, y Gower , a celebrated English poet , who lived in the reign of Edivard the Third and Richard the Second , lies there . Gower was the master of Chaucer , and he calls him his disciple in some verses which seem specially dedicated to that great poet ; but although the pupil died at the age of seventy-two , Gower survived him by two years , and suffered from a total deprivation
of sight during the last five years of his existence . There is a monument near the altar-screen which is covered with a canopy very characteristic of the * ra which was then passing away ; it is alternately gilt and painted , and on the top are three kneeling figures . These are intended to depict Alderman Humble and his two wives , Margaret and Isabel ; and on two sides are representations of his children in the dress of their time . On the north end are the following expressive and symbolical verses : —
Like to the damask rose you see , Or like the blossom on the tree , Or like the dainty flower of May , Or like the morning of the day , Or like the sun , or like the shade , Or like the gourd which Jonas had : Even so is manwhose thread is
, spun , Draivn out and cut , and so is done . The rose withers , the blossom blasteth , The flower fades , the morning hasteth ; The sun sets , the shadow flies , The gourd consumes , and man he dies .
These appropriate and truly poetical similes are to be found in a poem , the authorship of which , on somewhat vague authority , has been awarded to Francis Quarles . On a wall in the north aisle is a monument to the memory of John Trehearne , a gentleman porter to James the First ; he is represented with a ruff round his neck , the Raleigh hat , and buttons and waistband gilt and polished ; his wife's bust is also gaily adorned , and beneath them are these very curious ancl somewhat ridiculous lines : —
" Had kings a power to lend then * subjects breath , Trchcarne , thou shouldst not be cast clown by death ; Thy royall master still would keopc thee then ; But length of dayes are beyond reach of men .