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PATRINGTON CHURCH.
“THE QUEEN OF HOLDERNESS.”
They toiled the God of Heaven to glorifyWith lavish ornament of nave and choir,
And lofty tower that shoots into a spire
Of queenly grace, conspicuous far and nigh.
But lo! that slender shaft against the sky,
Rosed by the dawn or tipped with sunset fire—
Of home-bound sailors is the dear desire
And through the shoals of Humber guides their eye.
Those patient builders reared a stately shrine
For the sweet sacrifice of praise and prayer,
And earthly use grew from a work divine;
So the pure life that breathes celestial air
And points to Heaven, for man will also shine,
A star of comfort 'mid the waves of care!
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