"Now dead he is, and lieth wrapt in led, (O why should death on him such outrage show?) And all his passing skill with him is fled, The fame whereof doth daily greater grow; But if on me some little drops would flow Of that the spring was in his learned head, I soon should learn these words to wail my woe, And teach the trees their trickling tears to shed." The last line is a good specimen of alliteration. E. N. W. Southwark, Nov. 17. 1851. 339. _Prophecy respecting 1837._--I remember seeing in the year 1837, I think in one of the morning papers, the following lines, which were said, as far as my memory serves me, to have been taken from an old almanac, in which they were prophetical of what should happen in the above-named year:-- "By the power to see through the ways of Heaven, In one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, Shall the year pass away without any spring, And on England's throne shall not sit a king." Can any of your readers inform me whether these lines were only composed after the events related took place--that is, at the time the lines appeared in the paper in which I saw them, or whether they are really to be found in any old almanac; and if so, in what almanac, and in what year? N. L. N. Maidstone. 340. _Lines on the Bible._--In a small volume of Sacred Poetry, in the possession of a friend of mine, the following lines on the Bible are ascribed to Byron: "Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Oh! happiest they of human race To whom our God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way: But better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." Not having met with these lines in the works of Lord Byron, can any of your readers say whether they are his, or not, or who is the author? JOHN ALGOR. Sheffield. 341. _En bon et poyer._--The family of Cockayne of Ashbourne, co. Derby, used as a motto upon their seals, in the fourteenth century, the following words, "En bon et poyer." This has been explained to mean, "Boni est posse," or "Right is might." Can any of your readers suggest anything to confirm or throw doubt on this interpretation? FRANCIS M. NICHOLS. 342. _"England expects every man," &c._--For nearly fifty years our countrymen have taught their children Nelson's last signal-- "England expects every man to do his duty." Such was my impression of this emphatic form of words. I am surprised to see upon the column in Trafalgar Square, "England expects every man _will_ do his duty." Pray is there any authority for the inscription as it there stands? E. N. H.