The Severn sea shall discharge itself through seven mouths, And the river Usk shall burn seven months. _Merlin._ YORKSHIRE. Robin Hood in Barnesdale stood, An arrow to head drew he, "How far I can shoot," quoth he, "by the rood My merry men shall see." SURREY.--ON THE MARKET HOUSE, FARNHAM. You who do like me, give money to end me, You who dislike me, give as much to mend me. And Mole that like a nousling mole doth make His way still underground till Thames he over-take. _Spenser._ The chalky Wey that rolls a milky wave. _Pope._ SOMERSETSHIRE. What ear so empty is, that hath not heard the sound Of Tannton's fruitful Deane; not matched by any ground. _Drayton._ "Stanton Drew, One mile from Pensford, and another from Chew." _Bristol Castle._ The castle there and noble tower, Of all the towers of England is held the flower. _Redcliffe Church._ Stay curious traveller, and pass not bye, Until this fetive (elegant) pile astound thine eye, That shoots aloft into the realms of day, The Record of the Builder's fame for aie-- The pride of Bristowe and the Western Lande. _Chatterton._ WALES.--GLAMORGANSHIRE. When the hoarse waves of Severn are screaming aloud, And Penline's lofty castle involv'd in a cloud, If true, the old proverb, a shower of rain, Is brooding above, and will soon drench the plain. PEMBROKESHIRE. Once to Rome thy steps incline. But visit twice St. David's shrine. When Percelly weareth a hat, All Pembrokeshire shall weet of that. SCOTLAND.--STIRLINGSHIRE--BANNOCKBURN, 1314. "Maidens of England, sore may ye mourn, For your lemans ye've lost at Bannockburn" ROXBURGH. "Some of his skill he taught to me, And, warrior, I could say to thee, The words that cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." _Scott._ WESTERN ISLES. Seven years before that awful day, When time shall be no more, A watery deluge will o'ersweep Hibernia's mossy shore. The green clad Isla too shall sink, While with the great and good, Columba's happy isle shall rear Her towers above the flood. This prophecy is said to be the reason why so many kings of Scotland, Norway, and Ireland have selected Icombkill for the place of their interment. DUMBARTON. So cold the waters are of Lomond Lake, What once were sticks, they hardened stones will make. PERTH. "Fear not till Birnam Wood Do come to Dunsinane" * * * * * RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS GREEK BALLOT.--VOTING AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS.