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memorial, Wythburn, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumbria, NY32401363 -- Inscribed slate:-
(Close up photos are just as indistinct! lichen everywhere.)
"A RECORD / OF THE TWO WALKS FROM HENCE / OVER THE ARMBOTH FELLS / JULY 1833-43 / WHICH INSPIRED / MATTHEW ARNOLD'S POEM / 'RESIGNATION.' / AND IN / REVERENT MEMORY OF THE POET / BORN 24 DEC. 1822. / DIED 16 APRIL 1888. / [WE] LEFT JUST TEN YEARS SINCE, YOU SAY / THAT WAY-SIDE INN WE LEFT TO-DAY. / AND NOW IN FRONT BEHOLD OUTSPREAD / THOSE UPPER REGIONS WE MUST TREAD / MILD HOLLOWS, AND CLEAR HEATHY SWELLS, / THE CHEERFUL SILENCE OF THE FELLS. / M.A. // H.D.R." (photo 15.2.2006)