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Burnby Church
(NUNBURNHOLME STATION)
FROM THE RECTOR'S STUDY WINDOW
A triple light, surmounted by the Cross,Faces the East; while to the West is seen
Above the porch, which raven-beaks emboss,
An open bell-cot, muffled up in green.
I see the naked bells against the sky,
Whose iron tongue for daily prayer is stirred:
Beneath—the silent generations lie
That centuries since the call to worship heard.
But there is life, warm, eager life for me,
Who let the world rush by me day by day;
While round my door the little flock I see
For whom to watch, to labour, and to pray—
Between the living and the dead to stand
Waving the fragrant incense in my hand!
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