So went our boys when _EDWARD SIXTH_, the King,
Chartered _CHRIST'S HOSPITAL_, and died. And so
Full fifteen generations in a string
Of heirs to his bequest have had to go.
Thus _CAMDEN_ showed, and _BARNES_, and _STILLING-FLEET_,
And _RICHARDSON_, that bade our _LOVELACE_ be;
The little _ELIA_ thus in _NEWGATE STREET_;
Thus to his _GENEVIEVE_ young _S. T. C._
With thousands else that, wandering up and down,
Quaint, privileged, liked and reputed well,
Made the great School a part of _LONDON TOWN_
Patent as _PAUL'S_ and vital as _BOW BELL_:
The old School nearing exile, day by day,
To certain clay-lands somewhere _HORSHAM_ way.