Gaston de Blondeville, or The court of Henry III Keeping festival in Ardenne, a romance. St. Alban's Abbey, a metrical tale; With some poetical pieces. By Anne Radcliffe ... To which is prefixed: A memoir of the author, with extracts from her journals. In four volumes |
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XXXII.
That oriel shed bright influenceAnd charm, by its magnificence,
On all there told by eye, or tongue,
Morality, or Mystery,
Or Founder's boon, or History.
In front, the velvet curtain, flung
In folds aside, not then for shade,
Or shelter, as when winds invade,
Made graceful ornament between
The roof and the fictitious scene.
How different from this festal grace,
How fit it's blandishments to chase,
Were the long vistas, ranging here
Of the Great Cloister's pillared square.
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