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The Coronation
(Before.)
When Saxon Edric at the “dreadful place,”
Saw Sebert's church fulfilled with light divine
And angels on a golden ladder shine,
Mellitus thanked St. Peter for his grace;
And when St. Peter, talking face to face
With old Wolsinus, gave him Jacob's sign,
St. Edward kept his vow, and Thorney's shrine
Became Heaven's gate and God's fair dwelling-place.
Saw Sebert's church fulfilled with light divine
And angels on a golden ladder shine,
Mellitus thanked St. Peter for his grace;
And when St. Peter, talking face to face
With old Wolsinus, gave him Jacob's sign,
St. Edward kept his vow, and Thorney's shrine
Became Heaven's gate and God's fair dwelling-place.
God grant, to-morrow, on the rock of Scone,
Where Jacob's pillowed head saw once in dream
Angels descend, and earth brought near to Heaven,
Our king may hear the fateful Syrian stone
Speak clear, and all the air with angels gleam,
And visions of the golden stair be given.
Where Jacob's pillowed head saw once in dream
Angels descend, and earth brought near to Heaven,
Our king may hear the fateful Syrian stone
Speak clear, and all the air with angels gleam,
And visions of the golden stair be given.
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