Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 353
d on the walls we can only name Mrs. Siddons, AdmiralKempenfelt, and Sir John Franklin. 284 ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. [Wkstminster Abbey. The soutli transept has become the Valhalhx of htcrature. Tlio eastern portionhas lon^ borne the name of Poets Corner. The western wall was earlycalled the learncHl… … THE CHOIR. it is the actual resting-place. Chief is Chaucer, who ended his life in the Abbeyprecincts. The monument was erected a century and a half later. Close by areDrydens tomb and Beaumonts grave. Here, too, lie Michael Drayton and EdmundSpenser, Abraham Cowley and Matthew Prior, Thomas…
Cathedrals · Church architecture · Abbeys
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