From Gretna Green to Land's End : a literary journey in England . iful ruinedabbey lying about a mile to the north of Na-worth. An Augustine foundation of thetwelfth century, it has its memories of Ed-ward I, who visited it with Queen Eleanorin 1180 and came again in broken health, sixyears later, to spend quietly in King EdwardsTower the last winter of his life. The navenow makes a noble parish church in whichwindows by Wilham Morris and Burne-Jones glow like jewels. The choir is roof-less, but gracious in its ruin, its pavementgreened by moss, feathery grasses wavingfrom its lofty arcades, a
From Gretna Green to Land's End : a literary journey in England . iful ruinedabbey lying about a mile to the north of Na-worth. An Augustine foundation of thetwelfth century, it has its memories of Ed-ward I, who visited it with Queen Eleanorin 1180 and came again in broken health, sixyears later, to spend quietly in King EdwardsTower the last winter of his life. The navenow makes a noble parish church in whichwindows by Wilham Morris and Burne-Jones glow like jewels. The choir is roof-less, but gracious in its ruin, its pavementgreened by moss, feathery grasses wavingfrom its lofty arcades, and its walls weatheredto all pensive, tender tints. The ancienttombs, most of them bearing the scallop-shells of the Dacres, are rich in the transept walls are built some squaregrey stones of the Roman Wall, and a Romanaltar forms a part of the clerestory roof. Thecrypt, too, contains several Roman altars,dedicated to different gods whose figures,after the lapse of two thousand years, arestartling in their spirited grace, their energy of life. 26. KING EDWARD S TOWEH, LANERCOST ABBEY THE BORDER But Lanercost reminds us that we have allbut ignored Carlisle Cathedral, and back wedrive* by way of the village of Brampton withits curious old market-hall, to the BorderCity. After all, we have only followed thecustom of the place in slighting the was ever too busy fighting to paymuch heed to formal worship. For mass or prayer can I rarely tarry,Save to patter an Ave MaryWhen I ride on a Border foray. The cathedral dates from the time of Wil-liam Rufus, and still retains two bays of itsNorman nave, which suffered from fire inthe early part of the thirteenth century. Astill more disastrous fire, toward the close ofthat century, all but destroyed the new choir,which it took the preoccupied citizens onehundred years to rebuild, so that we see to-day Early English arches in combination withDecorated pillars and Late Decorated capitals of fre
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