Lays of the sanctuary : and other poems . TO THE RT. HON. THE COUNTESS OF ABINGDON, IN SINCERE ADMIRATION OF HER SYMPATHY AND CHARITY, THE FLOW OF WHICH DISTANCE NEITHER WEAKENS NOR CONTRACTS, THIS POEM, WITH KIND PERMISSION, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. \. Urban the Monk. THE LIBRARY. 34r«^ouNG Urban keeps the burnifhd keys^TX ^^ ^^^ fcriptorium ; and he fitsWT^ Through funny noons in dreamful eafe,it22>s Reading or copying by fits;Or adding quaint and golden tints, Or plufhy purples to the pageOf Mafs-book, or of Breviary, Of holy father, bard, or all the fuU-lored vellums fwimIn
Lays of the sanctuary : and other poems . TO THE RT. HON. THE COUNTESS OF ABINGDON, IN SINCERE ADMIRATION OF HER SYMPATHY AND CHARITY, THE FLOW OF WHICH DISTANCE NEITHER WEAKENS NOR CONTRACTS, THIS POEM, WITH KIND PERMISSION, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. \. Urban the Monk. THE LIBRARY. 34r«^ouNG Urban keeps the burnifhd keys^TX ^^ ^^^ fcriptorium ; and he fitsWT^ Through funny noons in dreamful eafe,it22>s Reading or copying by fits;Or adding quaint and golden tints, Or plufhy purples to the pageOf Mafs-book, or of Breviary, Of holy father, bard, or all the fuU-lored vellums fwimIn crimfons and in purples dim,And common words in foft arrayPrance down the page, like palfreys gayTrappd all in gold to bear awayThe faery form of princefs prim :— And whether round the abbey blow The foft South-winds, with overflow 182 Urban the Monk. Of balm and honey, or the fnowLies white upon the ground below,And tempefls round the belfry go,Tis all the fame to him !All through the fultry fummer noon,When lilies over wallflowers fwoon,And, in the hone/d heart of June, The bee on rofes feeds,—He pores, amid the fhadiefl nooks,Over the gold-illumined earnefl face and eager looks,BeUeving all he reads. Legends of faints fill up th
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