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And soon within the woody bound 

 Whence first those symbol signs arose 

 He reared the chapel whence the sound 

 And light of heavenly truth went forth around. 



***** 



It is a legend of far times ; 



Its name and date have passed away ; 

 But still the Klingel vesper chimes, 

 And still along the Mongthal way 

 Throng pilgrim bands, their vows to pay, 

 Where, undecayed, her image fair 

 Who heard the cry of feudal crimes, 

 And brought miraculous healing there, 

 Smiles, as of yore, cheering the votary's prayer. 



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Historical Recollections of Hyde Park: By THOMAS SMITH, author 

 of " A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St. 

 Marylebone." T. Hogg, Edgeware Road. 



THE author of this little work has collected more information respecting Hyde 

 Park than we had supposed was accessible. He is evidently a person of great 

 research, one who will ferret out an interesting document or fact if he have 

 reason to believe it exists. His industry has, in this instance, produced a 

 very entertaining and instructive little work. We extract his account of Ken- 

 sington Palace : 



"The Royal Palace, which is an irregular brick building, having been 

 enlarged at various periods, originally belonged to the Finch family, and bore 

 the title of Nottingham House, from the circumstance of its having been the 

 principal residence of Sir Heneage Finch, afterwards first Earl of Nottingham. 

 His son, the second Earl, also resided here till 1691, when it was purchased 

 by King William, and converted into a royal residence, bearing the title of 

 Kensington Palace. 



"Sir Heneage Finch (then Solicitor General), received a portion of Hyde 

 Park, lying contiguous to his grounds, about the year 1661, which is thus de- 

 scribed in the deed : ' All that ditch and fence which divide Hyde Park from 

 lands and grounds, and possessions of the said Sir H. Finch adjacent to the 

 said park, and all woods and under-woods, and timber trees, growing, and 

 being within, upon, or about the said ditch or fence, and all the grounds and 

 soil of the said park, being beyond the said ditch and fence, containing in 

 breadth 10 feet, and in length 150 rods, beginning from the south highway, 

 leading to the town of Kensington, and from thence crossing to the north 

 highway, leading to the town of Acton, the said piece of ground is by this 

 grant dis-parked for ever/ &c. 



" The original building must have been sufficiently capacious to accommo- 

 date a numerous household, although it is difficult now to distinguish what 

 part of the present pile was erected before it was converted into a royal 

 palace ; part of the south front, containing the King's gallery, was built by 

 King William from the designs of Sir C. Wren and Sir N. Hawksmoor, then 

 the Royal Architects, while the eastern front, the cupola room, and west 

 drawing-room, were added at a later period, from the designs of Kent. The 

 north wing, containing the state apartments, and those now occupied by his 

 Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, are supposed to be parts of the original 

 building. 



