In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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EXETER CATHEDRAL.
Not greatest of our minsters is the faneOf Exeter, but dear it is to me
As the first fresh one, which I chanced to see
(Though I had been to Westminster again
And huge St Paul's) since I recrossed the main,
From the New England in the Southern Sea,
Where ancient minsters are not. Royally
it rises up, with tracery, rich pane
And sculptured niches glorious its west,
And Norman towers its centre, and its east
Inside with antique tomb of knight and priest,
Rood-screen and bishop's throne. And by me stands
She whom I think of many maids the best,
A pilgrim, like myself, from Austral lands.
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