Chapter VIII: Bluecoat Boy

So went our boys when _EDWARD SIXTH_, the King, Chartered _CHRIST'S HOSPITAL_, and died. And so Full fifteen generations in a string Of heirs to his bequest have had to go. Thus _CAMDEN_ showed, and _BARNES_, and _STILLING-FLEET_, And _RICHARDSON_, that bade our _LOVELACE_ be; The little _ELIA_ thus in _NEWGATE STREET_; Thus to his _GENEVIEVE_ young _S. T. C._ With thousands else that, wandering up and down, Quaint, privileged, liked and reputed well, Made the great School a part of _LONDON TOWN_ Patent as _PAUL'S_ and vital as _BOW BELL_: The old School nearing exile, day by day, To certain clay-lands somewhere _HORSHAM_ way.