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           TheghostoftheLadyHoly,whobeatherlittleboytodeath,stillwalksthereatnight,tryingtowashitsghostlyhandscleaninaghostlybasin. 

           Warwick,theking-maker,reststhere,carelessnowaboutsuchtrivialthingsasearthlykingsandearthlykingdoms;andSalisbury,whodidgoodserviceatPoitiers. Justbeforeyoucometotheabbey,andrightontheriver’sbank,isBishamChurch,and,perhaps,ifanytombsareworthinspecting,theyarethetombsandmonumentsinBishamChurch. ItwaswhilefloatinginhisboatundertheBishambeechesthatShelley,whowasthenlivingatMarlow(youcanseehishousenow,inWeststreet),composedTheRevoltofIslam. 

           ByHurleyWeir,alittlehigherup,IhaveoftenthoughtthatIcouldstayamonthwithouthavingsufficienttimetodrinkinallthebeautyofthescene. ThevillageofHurley,fiveminutes’walkfromthelock,isasoldalittlespotasthereisontheriver,dating,asitdoes,toquotethequaintphraseologyofthosedimdays,"fromthetimesofKingSebertandKingOffa." Justpasttheweir(goingup)isDanes’Field,wheretheinvadingDanesonceencamped,duringtheirmarchtoGloucestershire;andalittlefurtherstill,nestlingbyasweetcornerofthestream,iswhatisleftofMedmenhamAbbey.