On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Patrick Powers wrote:
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>>"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"<
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>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.
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>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.
>From The British Library Public Catalogue:
Title: Aurelia, or, the Close at Mixeter. Sketches in a cathedral city.
Main heading: CHESTER. Greville John
Publication details: pp. 272. M. Ward & Co.: London, 1882. 8o.
Shelfmark: 12643.f.14.
-- Richard Langley
Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
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