EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



are placed a Ceres and a Bacchus, an excel- 

 lent bust of Pope, and some other figures. 

 I n the right cavity which opens to the river, 



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he pointed out to them a small window, lat- 

 ticed with iron bars, where the bard is said to 

 have sat when he composed some of his 

 happiest verses. At the extremity next the 

 garden, is this inscription from Horace, on 

 white marble : 



Secretum iter ct fallentis semita vitae. 



He next led them to a small obelisk, erect- 

 ed by the filial piety of our poet, with this 

 tender and pathetic inscription : 



AhlEditha, 

 Matrum Optima. 

 Mulierutn Amantissima. 



Vale! 



In the contemplation of these memorials 

 of this great poet, the time passed unheeded, 

 till their father reminded them it was time to 

 return to London, which they did not reach 

 till a late hour in the evening. 



No. VIII 



