322 Examination of Barrows on 



as referring to the opening of this particular barrow, and as con- 

 taining a complimentary allusion to Sir Richard Hoare, the follow- 

 ing lines may be quoted. 



" Two feet beneath the verdant glade, 

 By Bards a narrow cist is made, 



Yet ample to contain 

 Those listless limbs, in speed and force 

 Which rival'd once the fleetest horse, 



Light bounding o'er the plain. 

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Now fill the hallowed cup of clay 



"With dew from Cromlech's summit grey, 



Last night procured in locks of wool, 



Fill it with care and fill it full. 



Such beverage suits etherial sprite 



Ere it ascends to realms of light. 



Place it contiguous to the head 



And o'er its mouth a covering spread, 



The liquid pure awhile to keep, 



To guard it from the incumbent heap. 



Two thousand years their course will fly 



Before the vase be void and dry. 



Then 'tis decreed — I hail the sign — 



The grave its treasure must resign 



To a kind Chief, who will revere 



A chieftain's relics buried here. 



One who with us delights to ken 



The ancient works of Celtic men ; 



Who makes their labours by his own 



Survive, when falls each magic stone, 



Or roaming midst the hills and groves, 



Views scenes which every Druid loves. 



The cup our benefactor's hand 



That time shall grace, when through the land 



Soft peace and all her festive train, 



By Britain hailed, shall smile again. 



To him alone, by Belin's doom, 



The gifted treasure of the tomb 



Shall pass, to guard with constant spell 



Each stream and shade, each hill and dell ; 



That all his days may tranquil glide, 



As his we place it now beside !" 



There are several groups of barrows, mostly of small size, on 



the Downs to the east of Shepherd's Shore, close to Wansdyke on 



the north. The first of these, near the road, consists of three very 



email mounds, two of whioh had been opened before. 





