Note 967 — 1833

Lonsdale! it were unworthy of a Guest, One chiefly well aware how much he owes To thy regard, to speak in verse or prose Of types and signs harmoniously imprest On thy Abode, neglecting to attest That in thy Mansion's Lord as well agree Meekness and strength and Christian charity, That filling, consecrates the human breast. And if, as thy armorial bearings teach, "The Magistracy indicates the Man," That test thy life triumphantly has stood;