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The Church is delightfully situated in the beautiful demesne of Stoke Park, the seat of Granville Penn, Esq. , in the parish of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, about three miles from Eton, and twenty-two from London. PR STOKE CHURCH, Thou art classically beautiful, sweet Church, Jn silence seated, 'midst these woodland dells : With yew tree o'er thy graves, and wide o'erhanging porch ; With new-crowned spire, and merry peal of bells. Thou art a glorious temple, rais'd by hands, And sacred, even a...s the ark of old : In triumph, thou dost grace those pleasant lands ; And tho' retir'd, art dignified and bold. Say, who repose, within these scattered tombs, Above whose breast, no timely tell-tale peeps ? Thou answerest well, " 'tis whispered in their homes, And sainted sorrow, here, its vigil keeps. " Those hearths are vacant, where they many a time, Enjoy'd the frugal fare, the housewife's smile ; No more their voice is heard at evening's chime, And they no more her matron cares beguile. Around thy hoary walls, the clasping ivy clings, Hark !
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