Through the long Strand together let us stray, With thee conversing, I forget the Way. Behold that narrow Street, which steep descends, Whose Building to the slimy Shore extends; Here Arundell’s fam’d Structure rear’d its Frame;Arundell’s fam’d Structure rear’d its Frame: the following lines reference Thomas Howard Arundel’s large art collection which was held at Arundel House. The Street alone retains an empty Name: Where Titian’sTitian: an Italian Renaissance painter, known for his work in the Venetian school. glowing Paint the Canvas warm’d, And Raphael’sRaphael: an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. fair Design with Judgment, charm’d, Now hangs the Bell-man’s Song,the Bellman’s Song: could be either a broadside of verses about the bellman and his function or one of the bellman’s various announcements written in verse (Dearing). and pasted here, The colour’d Prints of OvertonOverton: Philip Overton, printseller at the White Horse or the Golden Buck two or three doors to the west of Mitre Court in Fleet Street. His brother and partner, Henry Overton, whose shop was the White Horse without Newgate near the Fountain Tavern, had published The Cryes of London, which Gay seems to have drawn upon in Trivia, in 1711. appear. Where Statues breath’d, the Work of Phidias’Phidias: an Athenian sculptor, known for his role as artistic director in the construction of the Parthenon.  Hands, A wooden Pump or lonely Watch-houseWatch-house: this watch-house was part of St. Clement Danes’ Parish. stands. There Essex stately PileEssex stately Pile: most of Essex House was taken down in 1675-6. adorn’d the Shore, There Cecil’s, Bedford’s, Villier’s,Cecil’s, Bedford’s, Villier’s: references to the mansions of William Cecil, first Baron Burleigh (1520–1598), John Russell, first Earl of Bedford (1485–1555), and George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628), all of which were taken down or sold for develpment in the years preceding the publication of Trivia.  now no more. Yet Burlington’s fair Palace still remains; Beauty within, without, Proportion reigns. Beneath his Eye declining Art revives, The Wall with animated Picture lives;