Pair of bookends
Pair of heavy brass colored bookends. Show Grasmere church, Windermere and William Wordsworth, surrounded by headstones. On the backs of the bookends is engraved ” To the daisy, sweet flower, Be like one day to have, A place upon a poets grave, I welcome thee once more.
St Oswald’s Church is in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. As well as its architectural interest, the church is notable for its associations with the poet, William Wordsworth and his family, and for its annual ceremony of rushbearing.