d the cloud of that hear

t hills, and peace s

plagues wherewith

d her flesh came again,

k, the three children of

ving the land, mayhap

England the handmai

y place, their hands gr

cowl and the plume, th

rm'd law,-not swifter

ht transept, the

of the altar are dyed, b

eet, and sheep for t

at flash, and the vi

the smiter, O king, at

n in thy folly; the blood

ou say'st;-yet tender

e saint;-the crown of

e could brave thee and warn;

again:-nor again w

, fair Scotland submit;

, the child of his bosom

ds he dragg'd off to his

quer'd king!'-the grim

n the heavens are pour'

ily gleam, and torrents

one lake, and the la

dwellings of man, the r

rts of law, the old la

od and in lust, twin h

the land to themselves,

his subtlety one, moc

once only-we drank to t

ough the soul of the land,

-wived king, rough riv

-protector, whose dawnin

self of the tyrant w

, some remorse, refrain

ss of darkness, a day

and silence, and outrag

lpless, the weak that

pon man, dumb unwri

earth as she rolls throu

orgotten, O God!' . .

the answer;-the light

rue Avalon where th

as a seed o'er the worl

de sea,-Caerlleon

race, dear hope

rts, whom the visio

iry knights, fair ide

f men, walk'd sober, an

eril and twilight the

untried, and the

dom, the voice of the l

,-and, e'en when defe

, first, stamp'd Lea

Fitzwarine, Fitzalan,

eedom and Law!-the f

, and the might of darkn

and the battle raged

tile in manhood's men,

the bright pillars of O

n, as o'er Athens the

nd the cloud of that hea

t hills, and peace s

plagues wherewith

d her flesh came again,

tesman of Law, Justinia

ur wisest of all who h

silence his life-word

'd chest, in the heart

n the great town-twili

the London he look'd o

ound the shrine, where th

chieftains, and sple

ye that tried the d

a throne, was the l

own'd shadows! who dow

ed,-a perilous passage

rd, Elizabeth, Charles,-n

and compass ye steer'd, o

steering of States, t

onour soils his own ermi

with thee,-not so!-For

d and sure, the proud,

t Evesham, yet not le

freedom, a vision

years, a murmur o

bed, plain waving

vineyards, green laugh

sunlight, and mead

e, where the keels of

he quay, and the mast

of peace, and, blazon

he sails like a suns

f commerce, that nati

in hand, not steel-

ts and shouting; rough fu

sons, and whom swarth

drugs potent o'er death

nest, and spice

n nectar, Messene

amask of Arabia

d Tarsien, and sards

diamond with form

abled alleys, the hudd

ttice and beam, the Gui

of the south, the s

eces of Leom'ster, the

vernous gates, on which

ook down, their harr

s at will with his

g as doves when they fling

mead, where the dull

nd the towers, as nests

ever lurks, and gray

the Friars, the long,

yelids; of hearts t

prayer; the peace whic

ng through fragrance

rippling in sweetness,

tone, with more than

Spell yet unbroken

for ever!-the good a

, first-Love,-to the end

r horizons unseen, that

'd cloisters, and ro

d!-Meanwhile the gr

, aspiring, harmonious

ending their buttr

s attain'd, and the Cross

heaven; a sign of h

below, and the heart-s

dward, and of Mediaevalism in England. The sound, the fascinating elements of that period

ed. Norman and Englishman have become one under the best and greatest of our later Kings,

en; William I an

Cathedral, after Becket's

of the very few masterpieces among the shoal of little books

d Cornwall, Wales and Strathclyde, al

awgiver, the great politician, the great organiser of

ay be still seen inscribed on th

Gascony, of the Hanse Towns, of Genoa, of Venice, are

the Southern Morea, gained its name from Monemv

wholly of silk, often crimson, interwoven with gold and silve

early gems ascribed to Athens, are

s; Those of Leominster

ancient mining regio

Old name

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on a w

nds out li

d stands o

is seeth

s seethes

with fire

carnadin

h shame and

run the mess

ard-press'd t

to-day will be

world's end,

boy have

d Gwali

are one aga

the orif

gons of Mer

t in autu

bend o'er

our arrow

foe as t

to yeoman

the King watc

of the battle

day will be w

world's end,

alone have

at Senl

n arrow

-wall was breac

avenged

! name o

enceforth

t none can

e English

aft unerr

g-struck fore

o the stroke

a day will be

world's end,

e boy have

Liguria

restles

Bohemia

s laid wit

ke is wiped-

of the cen

ide of the N

lord ove

of France

o his father

he battle!

a day will be

world's end,

ve the spurs,

sted of light armed footmen from Ireland and

horseman to the footman, of the mounted noble to the unmounted churl,'

s-bowmen from Genoa

ake; Senlac

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