Laments upon the sculptured mound,
And dreams beside the visioned tomb;
When voices from the dead arise,
Like music o'er the starlit sea,
And holiest commune sanctifies
The Hour of Phantasy.

_Deal._

G.R.C.

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.

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APPLICANTS FOR THE FLITCH OF DUNMOW.

(_For the Mirror._)


Aubry de Falstaff, son of Sir John Falstaff, Knight, with Dame Maude,
his wife, were the first that demanded the bacon, he having bribed twain
of his father's companions to swear falsely in his behoof, whereby he
gained the flitch; but he and his said wife falling immediately into a