Westminster abbey; with other occasional poems, and a free translation of the Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles Illustrated with engravings . igh antiquity of the structure—the mostvenerable remain of Gothic Architecture in England—sublimely emi-nent amid the wrecks of time, and the revolution of empires.—Rapidsketch of its ancient grandeur at the period when the Roman Catholicreligion flourished in its meridian splendor.—Shrine of Edward theConfessor—its immense wealth.—Henry the Sevenths Chapel.—Edward the First.—Houses of York and Lancaster, with theirrival roses slumber undistinguished in this
Westminster abbey; with other occasional poems, and a free translation of the Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles Illustrated with engravings . igh antiquity of the structure—the mostvenerable remain of Gothic Architecture in England—sublimely emi-nent amid the wrecks of time, and the revolution of empires.—Rapidsketch of its ancient grandeur at the period when the Roman Catholicreligion flourished in its meridian splendor.—Shrine of Edward theConfessor—its immense wealth.—Henry the Sevenths Chapel.—Edward the First.—Houses of York and Lancaster, with theirrival roses slumber undistinguished in this House of Death.—Vanity ofAmbition—Pitt—Fox.—Vanity of Genius and Science—Dryden—Handel—Murray—Mead—Casaubon.—Ancient times of Chivalry—the Crusaders—the feudal Barons.—Personal combats of ancientwarriors—Percy and Douglas.—Fondness of our ancestors forarmorial bearings, richly blazoned—massy shields and spears—statuesin brass—statues in marble.—Distinguished females—Queen Eliza-beth—Mary Queen of Scots—Queen Anne—Dutchess of Somerset—Percy, Dutchess of / Bnr/ew .trul/isil 9/^ N ORTH FOTLTI C O ; a^-ici^t/fy ra//^/ fits BEAUTIF ITE WESTMINSTER-ABBEY AN ELEGIAC AND HISTORICAL POEM. CANTO THE FIRST. JVIajestic Monument of pious toil! Whose towers sublime in Gothic grandeur soar-Where Death sits brooding oer his noblest spoil, And strews with royal dust the sacred floor: Stupendous Fabric! that, through many an age,Closed in eternal night, hath proudly stood; Secure, mid Desolations boundless rage,The wasting fire, and the devouring flood; 14 WESTMINSTER-ABBEY. Secure, while fleeting mans ephemeral race—Whose labours reard thy massive walls so high; Fixd yon proud columns on their central base,And bade thy turrets rush into the sky— Have rolld, by myriads, down the dark profound,Wreckd on Oblivions solitary strand;— Secure, while meaner fanes have crumbled round,Dashd to the ground by Times dest
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