Dilston Hall, Or, Memoirs of the Right Hon. James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, a Martyr in the Rebellion of 1715: to Which Is Added, a Visit to Bamburgh Castle: With an Account of Lord Crewe's Charities, and a Memoir of the Noble Founder: Forming th
Dilston Hall, Or, Memoirs of the Right Hon. James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, a Martyr in the Rebellion of 1715: to Which Is Added, a Visit to Bamburgh Castle: With an Account of Lord Crewe's Charities, and a Memoir of the Noble Founder: Forming th
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...his own, expressed his wish to be interred at Dilston, and his anxiety that his coffin should bear on a silver plate an inscription importing that He died a sacrifice for his lawful Sovereign. "Oh! suffer not the foe to bear away My helpless corpse--an unresisting prey: If I, unblest, must see my son no more, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...his own, expressed his wish to be interred at Dilston, and his anxiety that his coffin should bear on a silver plate an inscription importing that He died a sacrifice for his lawful Sovereign. "Oh! suffer not the foe to bear away My helpless corpse--an unresisting prey: If I, unblest, must see my son no more, My much-lov'd consort, and my native shore, Yet let me sleep 'neath Dilston's sacred wall: --He in whose cause I fell, shall mourn my fall." The gloomy functionary, however, dared not comply with the Earl's desire, and was accordingly dismissed, wherefore no hearse was provided on the morrow after the last act of this sad eventful history. Meantime, the last thoughts which the dying young nobleman bestowed upon the world, may perhaps be not inaptly expressed in the touching verses, known as Lord Derwentwater's Farewell. "Farewell to pleasant Dilston Hall, My father's antient seat; A stranger now must call thee his Which makes my heart to greet. Farewell each kindly, well-known face, My heart has held so dear; My tenants now must leave their lands, Or hold their lives in fear. No more along the banks of Tyne I'll rove in autumn gray; No more I'll hear at early dawn The lav'rocks wake the day. And who shall deck the hawthorn bower, Where my fond childhood strayed? And who, when Spring shall bid it flower, Shall sit beneath the shade 1 With me, the Radcliffe's name must end, And seek the silent tomb; And many a kinsman, many a friend, With me must meet their doom. But when the head that wears the crown Shall be laid low like mine, Some honest hearts may then lament For Radcliffe's fallen line. Farewell! farewell, my lady dear; 111, ill thou counselled'st me: b I never more may see the babe That smiles upon thy knee. And fare thee...
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