The poet himself lies beneath their shade. Of the countless graves that stud this ancient burying-place, it is his that draws the pilgrims from afar; and the yard, encircled by its yews and the great mountains, has perhaps inspired more and better poetry than any other plot in England. Hartley Coleridge, Sir John Richardson, Green and Hull the artists, are buried here, and their graves may be found by referring to the short Guide issued by Mr. Peterson. Wordsworth's monument, a medallion by Woolner, is within the church. The beautiful inscription is a translation of Keble's Latin dedication of his Oxford Lectures on Poetry to Wordsworth. EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS AND PRESENTMENTS GRESMYRE. The First day of Apprill in the XIIIJth of the Kings Ma'tyes Reigne A treue & A P'fect Acount of ye Disbursment of James Benson & Robert Watson Church Wardens For the yeare last past. li s d Anno Domini 1661 as Followeth Imprimus for mending & mossing the Church 00 07 04 Ittem for mending the Font stone 00 02 08 Ittem for the Font Couer[156] 00 02 08 Ittem soldering the lead in the Font stone 00 00 06 Ittem For a Quission for the pulpitt 00 02 02 Ittem For A table cloth 00 01 04 Ittem For A Raill at the pullpit side 00 00 10 Ittem For our p't of the Dyell 00 01 00 Ittem For mending the great bell Leather 00 00 02 Ittem For our p'te of A surp cloth we bought 00 01 08 Ittem For Drissing the Church 00 00 04 Ittem For greace to ye bells For our p'te 00 00 04 Ittem For Lime for ye windowes & Fireing for glasser 00 00 04 Ittem payed to ye glasser for mending our p'te of windowes 00 06 00 Ittem For A new botle to the Church 00 03 00 Ittem payed For bread and wine 00 08 04 Ittem payed to John Jackson for lying 2 graues 00 00 04 Ittem For writting this yeare 00 00 04 Ittem for Two Journeyes to Ambleside 00 00 08 -------- li s d The sume totall 02 09 0 [156] The old font cover (see engraving) is lost. Two churchwardens sign by a mark at the bottom. This is clearly an account for Grasmere township alone. GRESMYRE. A Booke For the whole p'rish Concerning the Church Affaires, For the Churchwardens to writte their Accounts, euery yeare & to subscribe their names to the same mad The 23th day of Apprill 1662. Church wardens For this present year. Gresmyre Michaell Knott Langdell James Harrison Willm Watson John Harrison