Castles and abbeys of England in poetic and romantic lore (1915)
Schuch, Edw · Minneapolis, Minn., Press of Augsburg publishing house · leaf 92
But when he fell, the winged speed. His champions, on a milkwhite steed, From the battles hurricane. Bore him to Josephs towered fane. In the fair vale of Avalon: There with chanted orison, And the long blaze of tapers clear, The stoled fathers met the bier: Through the dim aisles, in order dread… … GLASTONBURY ABBEY—ST. JOSEPHS CHAPEL. GLASTONBURY ABBEY. Each trace of Times slow touch had worn;And long oer the neglected stoneOblivions veil its shade has thrown. —Thomas Wharton. Oh, who thy ruin sees, whom wonder doth fillWith our great fathers pomp, devotion and skill. r^EW places in England…
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