Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 174
aronageQue pur la pees, si loynz apres se lesserent detrereLur cors trenchers, e demembrer, pur salver Engleterre;Ore est ocys la flur de pris, que taunt savoit de guereLy quens Montfort, sa dure mort molt emplora laterre. Mes par sa mort, le cuens Montfort conquist la victoireCome ly martyr de… … The stranger, as he stands on the green meadow whichslopes down to the bright Avon waters near the noble towerof the last abbot* is pressing hallowed ground. He is on thesite of the desecrated ruined choir of the vanished abbey.Beneath his feet moulder the remains of many a great church-man, of…
Abbeys · Monasticism and religious orders
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