George Downing KNOTTESFORD [14700]
- Born: 1814, Stratford on Avon
- Died: Aug 1826, Bridgetown House Stratford-on-Avon WAR aged 12
General Notes:
Colchester August 25. A few days since died at Bridgetown House Stratford-on-Avon, deeply regretted by his family George Downing, elder son of the Rev F Fortescue Knottesford. Ref: The Ipswich Journal 26 August 1826
Other Records
1. George Downing Fortescue: His book on Roman History, 1812. M F [?] Knottesford- for the use of her dear children 1815.
G D Fortescue given him by his dearest Mama January 1824
2. Death of George Downing Fortescue: By Matthew Bridges, Abt 1826. Liveing Archive 153a-b LT13
Verses Sacred to the Memory of George Downing Fortescue Who died Aged 13 years.
An early flower of fairest form In lowliness retired? Was withered by a sudden storm And in an hour expired Sweet youth too lovely in thy life To live a longer day And yet more lovely when thy strife Of nature passed away.
So dies the Dolphin, as in death His fleeting beauties fail So sinks the day star as the breath Of morning swells the gale.
So fades an Iris on the sky Too beautiful to last And as we gage with wondering eye The miracle is passed.
Yet these are transitory things Which only shine awhile Like chequer'd joys which pleasure brings Oh like a mourners? smile But that which now is dust is laid Shall from the dust arise No more to die no more to fade In phrenia? of the skies.
Sweet youth thy grave embellish'd with tears One day shall yield her dead While cleansed from sin and free from fear? Thy soul hath homed and fled We we who weep would follow too To share that blissful scene And see the Lamb as thou canst do Without a veil between. M Bridges.
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