| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | November 20 | | Chatterton at Bristol | | By Charles Edward Russell (1860–1941) |
| | | | Thomas Chatterton, the ill-fated poet, was born at Bristol, England, Nov. 20, 1752. |
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ALONG this lane, green-walled and starred with flowers, | |
| He walked with heart not too benumbed with pain | |
| To note the depths of green in tree-arched bowers | |
| Along this lane. | |
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| And like a tethered lark his heart in vain, | 5 |
| Captive to care that cankers or devours, | |
| Soared and fell back upon its fated chain. | |
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| White daisies glistening from the fresh June showers, | |
| White hawthorne free as his own soul from stain— | |
| Could make all bright his fleeting day as ours | 10 |
| Along this lane? | | | |
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