Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . ic mould,—The lily, lady of the flowers, Her shape must yonder Chalice hold :—Types of the Mother and the Son, The twain in this dim Chancel stand ;The badge* of Norman banners one And one a crest of English land !— How all things glow with life and thought, Whereer our faithful fathers trod !The very ground with speech is fraught, The air is eloquent of vain would doubt or mockery hide The buried echoes of the past;A voice of strength—a voice of pride— Here dwells amid the storm and blast ! Still points the tower, and ple
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . ic mould,—The lily, lady of the flowers, Her shape must yonder Chalice hold :—Types of the Mother and the Son, The twain in this dim Chancel stand ;The badge* of Norman banners one And one a crest of English land !— How all things glow with life and thought, Whereer our faithful fathers trod !The very ground with speech is fraught, The air is eloquent of vain would doubt or mockery hide The buried echoes of the past;A voice of strength—a voice of pride— Here dwells amid the storm and blast ! Still points the tower, and pleads the bell,The solemn arches breathe in stone, Window and wall have lips to tell The mighty faith of days unknown ;— * The rose and the fleur-de-lis were used as ecclesiastical em-blems some centuries before they were assumed into the shieldof Normandy and England. THE CHURCH AND HER ORDINANCES. 107 Yea ! flood, and breeze, and battle-shock,Shall beat upon this Church in vain, She stands a daughter of the rock—The changeless Gods eternal fane !.
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