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A PREFERENCE
At Tewkesbury and at Westminster,
At many a holy resting-place,
My kindred glorified the air
With abbeys rich in votive grace.
Triumphantly they spread the roof
Above the aisles below their feet,
And firmly, with laborious power,
Upreared the monumental tower
For Faith to hold, for Time to cheat.
At many a holy resting-place,
My kindred glorified the air
With abbeys rich in votive grace.
Triumphantly they spread the roof
Above the aisles below their feet,
And firmly, with laborious power,
Upreared the monumental tower
For Faith to hold, for Time to cheat.
At Errington and Underhill,
At many a bird-contenting place,
The chaffinches, with toe and bill,
As Spring advises, work apace.
Cathedrals? How are they to match
The roofless abbey in the thorn,
That swiftly, with instructed power,
The quiet masons hour by hour
Erect, to prove that love is born?
At many a bird-contenting place,
The chaffinches, with toe and bill,
As Spring advises, work apace.
Cathedrals? How are they to match
The roofless abbey in the thorn,
That swiftly, with instructed power,
The quiet masons hour by hour
Erect, to prove that love is born?
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