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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He ventured on the secret stairTo warn Fitzharding to beware;
For, 'mong the bands of Richard's host,
Who round the Abbey-porches lay,
Short words, o'erheard at whiles and lost,
Proved, that they watched Lancastrian prey.
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Refuge within the Abbey-bound.
Church-law with taunt of scorn they named;
Talked of “good sword” and “Churchman tamed.”
Then earnestly he urged the Knight
To rest in gallery that night.
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