THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON ^y 



In 1848 a memorial window was set up in Frome 

 Parish Church by the Marchioness of Bath. 



In 1867 his bust was placed in the Shire Hall 

 at Taunton. 



In 1885 a window was set up in his memory in 

 Wells Cathedral, and a commemorative service was 

 held on June 29, the anniversary of the trial of the 

 seven bishops. 



" Ken's elaborate works," says Lord Macaulay^ 

 " have long been forgotten ; but his Morning and 

 Evening Hymns are still repeated daily in thousands 

 of dwellings." 



Ken's poetical works, published by Hawkins in 

 172 1 in four volumes, contain poems and hymns 

 on the Gospel narrative, and a series of pieces 

 entitled " Christophel," " Edmund," an epic in 

 thirteen books and poems on the attributes of God, 

 " Hymnothes," an epic in thirteen books, " Ano- 

 dynes ; or. Alleviation of Pain," "Preparations for 

 Death," "Psyche," " Sion," "Urania," " Damonet 

 and Dorilla ; or. Chaste Love — a Pastoral." With 

 the exception of the hymn on the Nativity^ which 

 owes something to Milton, these poems are tedious 

 and rugged, and having nothing of the beauty 

 and majestic simplicity of the three hymns of the 

 Manual. 



