16 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 16

AN EPITAPH BY ARCHBISHOP ALEXANDER.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] "SIR,—I think you may like to be reminded of an epitaph in Derry Cathedral written by the late Archbishop Alexander, but not generally known, in memory of a young curate who died of fever:— "Down through our crowded lank and closer air 0 Friend ! 'how beautiful thy footsteps were— When through the seven waves of fire they trod, A form was with thee, like the Son of God- 'Twas but one step for these victorious feet Prom their day's walk into the Golden Street, And they who saw thy walk so bright and brief Have marked this marble with their hope and grief."