136 RUAEON TO WREXHAM. 



The Interior of the church is phiin, but exceed- 

 ingly neat, being devoid of the load of ornaments 

 common in gothic churches. It contains, among 

 other monuments, two of the elegant workmanfhip 

 of Roubiliac. One of thefe, having the date of 

 1 747, was erected to the memory of Mary, the 

 daughter of fir Richard Middleton. A female figure 

 is reprefented in the act of burfting from the tomb : 



..the countenance is truly angelic, and the mixture of 

 furprize and admiration is fo delicately, and at the 

 fifme time fo firmly exprefi'ed, that after gazing for 

 fome moments ftedfaftly on the face, I could almofl 



.have fancied it more than (tone. The fainted maid, 



• Amid the burfling tomb 



Hears the laft trumpet nirill its inuikv gloom, 

 • With fmile tn'iiinphsnt over death and time, 

 Lifts the rapt eye, and rears the form fubhmc. 



Againll the wall, an ancient pyramid, a building, 

 from its folldity, calculated to refill the efforts of time, 

 Is reprefented as falling into ruin. The ridiculous 

 little figure blov/ing the trumpet might have, been 

 omitted \^'ithout any derogation from the merit of 

 the fculpture. On the v/hole, however, it is fo un- 

 commonly beautiful, as to demand the admiration 

 " 4jf every lover of the art. — The other piece of 

 .Roubiliac's performance, is a medallion containing 

 two profile faces of the reverend Thomas Middleton^ 

 and Arabella his wife. — Nearly oppofite to the for- 

 mer of thefe monuments "here is a recumbent figure 



A "of 



