The  Diary  of  January  20,  quoted  above,  contains  ....
'  Among  others  Baron  Alderson  to  dinner.  Muirhead  said  that
there  were  27  epigrams  at  Holkham  on  the  "Two  Wood
cocks.'"  In  1857,  Mr.  Muirhead  published  a  volume  of
epigrams  onChantrey's  'Woodcocks,'  179  in  number.  Bishop
Wilberforce's  contribution  was  : —

Life  in  Death,  a  mystic  lot,

Dealt  thou  to  the  winged  band  : —

Death, — from  thine  unerring  shot.
Life, — from  thine  undying  hand.
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178  LIFE  OF  BISHOP  WILBERFORCE

In  the  volume  of  epigrams  presented  to  the  Bishop  by  the
author  appear  these  lines  in  pencil : —

Poor  birds  !  hard  fate,  ye  surely  twice  are  dead,
First  slain  by  sculptor's,  then  by  poet's  lead.
February  7. — Off  to  Windsor,  to  Chapter  (of  the  Garter),  and
saw  the  Queen  afterwards.  She  was  cheerful  and  very  affable.
Went  after  Chapter  to  Clewer.  Long  conversation  with  Mrs.
