The following verses, written at Sutton-in-Ashfield in 1847, are taken from the late Dr. Spencer T. Hall's "The Upland Hamlet," published in that year. They are addressed "To John Whitehead, Esq., British Consul at Archangel," and are appertaining to the changes in the appearance of Sutton at the period named:—

Allwood's Croft-stile is gone, my Friend,
Where once you frolick'd with such glee:
Stopt is the path to Smedley's-end,
And fell'd my Father's cottage tree !

Starch-yard is Starch-yard; call'd no more;
In Windmill-lane there's now no mill;
The Tithe-barn's doors were closed before
The Sunday-school on Oates's-hill.

A change has come o'er all the town;
The Cotton-works in ruins fit,
And Unwin's-hall is coming down.
Although to last for ages plann'd !

Cowpasture-hills are levell'd low,
And Maple-wells are all closed in:
The Forest-side few flowers can show.
Its streets grow thick, its woods grown thin !

'Tis true the Church still rises nigh;
But even that is not the same
(Since our old neighbours round it lie)
As when in childhood's day we came!

And now a fine new School they rear—
That's one good sight I'm glad to see—
Yet all such change, however fair,
Makes home less homely seem to me !

But something still, dear John, imparts
A charm to our old native spot:
Our love of many living hearts,
And many gone but not forgot,—

A tender and an infelt power.
Strength'ning as outward things decay,
Linking the past and passing hour
With a less changeful coming day !