Poem dedicated to Chatterton.
Composed by ' Bristoliensis' and with the title,‘Inscription for the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe’, the poem was published in The Kaleidoscope [Liverpool] on the 11 January 1820, fifty years after Chatterton's death.
Tower, that like some old pyramid dost rear August thy massive pile, which lightning strook In days of yore! while rolls this earthly sphere, The ages of mankind shall on thee look; For he, who pacing lone the river mead, Watch'd the sun's glory that around thee shone, With wild enthusiast gaze, though dark his deed, Hath found in thee a monumental stone. With no benignant hand outstretch'd to save, That boy his mortal slumber took; The bigot scowl'd upon his unblest grave, And Bristowe's sons his memory forsook— Thou the sole shrine that sepulchres his name, Dark as his fate, and solemn as his fame!