 twas not to invoke The Spirit that dwelleth there ; If he opened his lips, the words they spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the Abbot seem, He had swayed the crozier well ; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream, The Abbot...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 196by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 292 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well; But what was the theme of the abbot's dream,...traced the windings of the shore. Oh, beauteous is that rirer still, As it winds by many a sloping hill, And many a dim o'erarching grove, And many a flat... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious Priest might the Abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well ; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream,...o'er-arching grove, , . , And many a flat and sunny cove, .o, And terraced lawns, whose bright arcades The honey-suckle sweetly shades, And rocks, whose very... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the abbot seem, But what was the theme of the abb t's dream, The abbot were loth to tell. Companionless,...river still, As it winds by many a sloping hill, And manv a dim o'erarching grove, And many a flat and sunny cove, And terraced lawns, whose bright arcades... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1858 - 586 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well ; But what was the theme of the abbot's dream,...windings of the shore. Oh, beauteous is that river still. AB it winds by many a eloping hill, And many a dim o'erarching grove, And many a flat and sunny cove,... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious Priest might the Abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well ; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream, The Abbot were loth to tell. The Abbot was weary as Abbot could be. And he sat down to rest on the stump of a tree . When suddenly... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well; But what was the theme of the abbot's dream, The abbot were loth to toll. Companionless, for a mile or more, He traced the windings of the shore. Oh, beauteous is that... | |
 | English poetry - 1861 - 304 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the Abbot seem, He had sway'd the erosier well; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream,...loth to tell. Companionless, for a mile or more, He traeed the windings of the shore. Oh, beauteous is that river still, As it winds by many a sloping... | |
 | English poetry - 1861 - 300 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the Abbot seem. He had sway'd the erosier well ; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream, The Abbot were loth to tell. C'ompanionless, for n mile or more. He traeed the windings of the shore. Oh, beauteous is that river still, As it winds... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious Priest might the Abbot seem,— He had swayed the crosier well; But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream, The Abbot were loath to tell. * And many a dim, o'er-arching grove, And many a flat and sunny cove, And terraced lawns,... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...spoke Had never the tone of prayer. A pious priest might the Abbot seem, He had swayed the crosier well,' But what was the theme of the Abbot's dream,...mile or more, He traced the windings of the shore, O beauteous is that river still As it winds by many a sloping hill, And many a dim o'er-arching grove,... | |
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