Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >"Amyddst ye flowres I tell ye houres Tyme wanes awaye as flowres decaye Beyond ye tombe fresh flowers bloome Soe man shall ryse aboe ye skyes"<
Back yet again! This has got me hooked!! I have also found reference to this rhyme in 'Sundials and Roses of Yesterday' by Alice M Earle 1902, p 271-3. She confirms that the motto "was written by Rev Greville J Chester and it appears in his novel Aurelia as part of his description of the Bishop's (that's Bishop Redryngton's) garden" Apparently this novel's description was so 'real' that others copied the motto thereafter. It was for example engraved on the lower steps of a faceted dial at Linburn, Midlothian which was designed by Thomas Ross. Presumably we would need to establish the date of the novel 'Aurelia' in order to get to the date of the motto. I don't have any knowledge of that though. I don't think I can go any further...! Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Patrick_Powers/ Lat: N 51d. 49m. 09s: Long: W 00d. 21m. 53s -
