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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
Radcliffe, Ann Ward (1764-1823)

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ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY:
  
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CANTO II. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST BATTLE.
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CANTO VIII. SOLEMN WATCH WITHIN THE ABBEY.
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CANTO IX. AMONG THE DEAD.
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CANTO X. AMONG THE DEAD.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

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XXXIV.

Gone is that Cloister's shadowy walk,
Where the more aged would pace and talk,
Or, resting in the well-carved nook,
Leisurely read the rare lent book,
Turning each page with reverend care.
Th' illuminator's work to spare;
Or tell some legend of a saint,
Or allegory, little worth,
Of monkish virtues pictured forth
In leonine, of Latin quaint.
Whate'er it were, 'twas fine repose,
In cloister-shade, at evening close,
To lean along that oaken seat,
And, all enwrapt in quiet gloom,
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Hear the still Vesper, rising sweet
From sainted Oswyn's shrine and tomb,
Or Obit from the chantry near
Of the good Abbot Delamere,
Swell faint and die upon the ear.
And solemn 'twas and sweet, the while,
To mark upon some distant aisle,
Seen through deep arch of transept-door,
The streaming torch-light break the shade,
Strike the tall arches over head,
Or, slanting low that long aisle o'er,
Show, some dim sepulchre before,
The lonely, duteous mourner there,
Kneeling and veiled in watch of prayer.
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