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IN RUIN RECONCILED.
A.D. 1660.
I heard a Woman's voice that wailed
Between the sandhills and the sea:
The famished sea-bird past me sailed
Into the dim infinity.
Between the sandhills and the sea:
The famished sea-bird past me sailed
Into the dim infinity.
I saw on boundless rainy moors
Far off I saw a great Rock loom;
The grey dawn smote its iron doors;
And then I knew it for a Tomb.
Far off I saw a great Rock loom;
The grey dawn smote its iron doors;
And then I knew it for a Tomb.
Two queenly shapes before the grate
Watched, couchant on the barren ground;
Two regal Shades in ruined state,
One Gael; one Norman; both discrowned.
Watched, couchant on the barren ground;
Two regal Shades in ruined state,
One Gael; one Norman; both discrowned.
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