THE FAIRIES. TO MISS GRIMSTON, YOUNGEST SISTER OF THOMAS GRIMSTON, ESQ. OF GRIMSTON, YORKSHIRE. George Monck Berkeley Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T142950 K111746.000 Berkeley, George Monck, 1763-1793. Poems: by the late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. ... With a preface by the editor, consisting of some anecdotes of Mr. Monck Berkeley and several of his friends. London printed by J. Nichols; and sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby; Mr. Edwards; Mr. Cooke, Oxford; Mr. Todd, York; Messrs. Simmons and Co.; Messrs. Flackton, Marrable, and Claris; and Mr. Bristow, Canterbury 1797 pp. 66-67. viii,DCXXXII,212p.,plate: port.; 4⁰.

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THE FAIRIES . TO MISS GRIMSTON , YOUNGEST SISTER OF THOMAS GRIMSTON , ESQ . OF GRIMSTON , YORKSHIRE The Conqueror found the lineal male ancestor of this truly respectable , uncommonly worthy amiable family seated at Holderness . The present Thomas Grimston rebuilt the house at Grimston about ten years ago , and on finishing it kept open house several days , when the poor and the distressed , ever objects of the peculiar care of this excellent family , were most nobly remembered indeed . On the first day of the gala , after dinner , Mr. Grimston wrote to town an order to liberate from Newgate an old grey-headed villain , who had defrauded him of a very large sum , saying to his excellent brother , H. Grimston , Esq. “ I cannot enjoy any of this gaiety while I know that poor wretch — , wicked as he is , is in Newgate . ” The letter written by H. Grimston , Esq. is carefully preserved by the writer of this note . But they are the grand-children of the eminently pious amiable Lady Le Gard , mother of the late worth Sir Digby Le Gard. “ Train up a child , ” says Solomon , “ in the way he should go . ” A happy proof of this inspired advice is daily felt by all around this excellent family . . HOUS'D within the cowslip's bell , As the simple milk maids tell ; Shunning there the glare of day , Fairies pass their hours away . There they keep their mimic state ; There the fall of night await ; Then along their fav'rite hill , Or beside some haunted rill . Whilst around dull mortals sleep , Mystic vigils there they keep , With some wild fantastic rite Greeting still the pow'r of night .