Glastonbury abbey, a poem. [Followed by] Minor poems1828 |
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Abbey Abbot Albion's Aleander altar Anon arch art thou Avalon Avalonian Guide awhile beam beneath blest blood bow'r breast breathe bright Canute central tow'r Chapel charm chequer'd Church cloth'd crown Death deeds distant dome doom'd doth dream drear drest Dunstan e'en Elgiva fame fane fate flow'r fresh gale Glaston's Glastonbury Glastonbury Abbey gleam gloom Glory golden grace hall hand hath been O'er heart Heav'n holy honor hour John Glas King light Little Monument lord Mammon manorial mitred Monarch Monks Mordred neath Note O'er that strange Papal peace penance plain pow'r pray'r Prelates pride Priests Prince Queen reign rill rites Rome Rome's round sacred Saint Saxon scarce scene shade shame shore shrine smil'd smiles song soul steep'd storm strife Superstition's thee thine Thou shalt thought throne tide Tippoo Sultan transept tread Twas Vex'd voice wak'd Warner's History weal wild
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Page 123 - ... abbot of the mitred monastery of Hyde, near Winchester, boarded within his own abbatical house, in that monastery, eight young gentlemen, who were placed there for the sake of literary instruction, and who dined at the abbot's table. The apartments of the abbot of Glastonbury resembled, we are told, a kind of well disciplined court, where the sons of noblemen and of the gentry were sent for virtuous education; and Richard Whiting, the last abbot of Glastonbury, who was cruelly executed by Henry...
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Page 107 - Saviour, who signified to him that he was to honor the same Archangel in the same place, for a testimony of the certainty of which his left arm was withered, and was not restored till he had acquainted the rest of his brethren below with what he had seen.
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