| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | October 16 | | Latimer and Ridley | | By William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | | Latimer and Ridley were two English reformers who were burnt for heresy under Queen Mary, Oct. 16, 1555. |
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HOW fast the Marian death-list is unrolled! | |
| See Latimer and Ridley in the might | |
| Of Faith stand coupled for a common flight! | |
| One (like those prophets whom God sent of old) | |
| Transfigured, from this kindling hath foretold | 5 |
| A torch of inextinguishable light; | |
| The Other gains a confidence as bold; | |
| And thus they foil their enemy’s despite. | |
| The penal instruments, the shows of crime, | |
| Are glorified while this once-mitred pair | 10 |
| Of saintly Friends the “murtherer’s chain partake, | |
| Corded, and burning at the social stake:” | |
| Earth never witnessed object more sublime | |
| In constancy, in fellowship more fair! | | | |
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