VERSES
ON
WREXHAM
,
AND
THE
INHABITANTS
OF
ITS
ENVIRONS
.
PROUD
of
her
ancient
Race
,
Britannia
shows
Where
,
in
her
Wales
,
another
Eden
glows
,
And
all
her
Sons
,
to
Truth
,
and
Honor
dear
,
Prove
they
deserve
the
Paradise
they
share
.
Thrice
happy
Wrexham
,
'mid
thy
neighbouring
groves
Stray
,
with
'twin'd
arms
,
the
Virtues
,
and
the
Loves
,
There
FLETCHER
Mrs.
Fletcher
of
Gwernheyled
—
Gwernheyled
,
means
Sunny
Alders
.
from
her
own
Gwernheyled
,
beams
,
Fair
as
its
meads
,
and
liberal
as
its
streams
;
The
Sister
APPERLYS
The
two
Miss
Apperlys
.
,
in
Youth's
soft
morn
,
With
rising
charms
the
festal
scenes
adorn
;
And
friendly
PRICE
Mrs.
Parry
Price
,
late
of
that
neighbourhood
.
,
as
happy
,
free
,
and
gay
,
As
when
,
in
Life
and
Beauty's
rosy
May
,
She
shone
,
the
Hebe
of
her
green
retreat
,
With
half
the
youth
of
Cambria
at
her
feet
;
See
CUNLIFFE'S
The
Lady
of
Sir
Foster
Cunliffe
,
Baronet
.
eyes
diffuse
the
gladdening
ray
,
And
shed
around
her
Pleasure's
golden
day
;
Meridian
loveliness
,
majestic
grace
,
Stream
o'er
her
form
,
and
lighten
in
her
face
;
While
Sense
and
Virtue's
blended
influence
dart
The
look
,
the
voice
,
resistless
to
the
heart
.
Nor
only
,
WREXHAM
,
do
thy
circling
groves
Boast
the
fair
Virtues
,
and
the
radiant
Loves
,
There
HAYMAN'S
Watkin
Hayman
,
Esq.
song
,
with
its
inchanting
powers
,
Floats
thro'
thy
vales
,
thy
mansions
,
and
thy
bowers
;
Her
hallow'd
temple
there
Religion
shows
,
That
erst
with
beauteous
majesty
arose
In
ancient
days
,
when
Gothic
Art
display'd
Her
fanes
,
in
airy
elegance
array'd
,
Whose
nameless
charms
the
Dorian
claims
efface
,
Corinthian
splendor
,
and
Ionic
grace
;
Then
plied
,
with
curious
skill
,
now
rarely
shown
,
Th'
adorning
chisel
,
o'er
the
yielding
stone
.
But
as
those
Graces
which
alone
delight
With
their
fine
forms
the
captivated
sight
,
Must
not
aspire
to
emulate
the
Art
That
,
while
it
charms
the
eye
,
pervades
the
heart
,
See
Gothic
Elegance
the
palm
resigns
,
When
Art
in
intellectual
greatness
shines
.
Bright
as
in
Westminster
.
Albion's
long
distinguish'd
fanes
,
Within
these
holy
Walls
,
she
lives
,
she
reigns
.
Her
SAINTED
MAID
Sainted
Maid
.
Mrs.
Mary
Middleton's
monument
by
Roubilliac
,
in
the
Chancel
at
Wrexham
.
,
amid
the
bursting
tomb
,
Hears
the
LAST
TRUMPET
thrill
its
murky
gloom
,
With
smile
triumphant
over
DEATH
,
and
Time
,
Lifts
the
rapt
eye
,
and
rears
the
form
sublime
.
WREXHAM
,
for
thee
thus
rose
,
by
mental
power
,
Fair
modern
Science
o'er
the
Arts
of
yore
;
For
thee
exulting
she
entwines
the
wreaths
,
As
SCULPTURE
speaks
,
and
heavenly
MUSIC
breathes
,
Since
great
ROUBILLIAC
decks
thy
SACRED
SHRINE
,
And
GENIUS
wakes
thy
RANDAL'S
HARP
Mr.
Randal
,
Organist
of
Wrexham
;
an
exquisite
Performer
on
the
pedal
Harp
.
He
has
been
blind
from
his
infancy
.
divine
.