Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . The fteep afcent to gain,Where holy Hildas mouldering pile Oerhangs the foaming main. Ballad of St. Hilda. NE of the moft ftriking objedls on the coaftof Yorkfhire is the ruined abbey of its elevation, and its overlooking thefea-clifFs, it is an obje61: feen far out at fea,and up and down the coaft. Expofedas is the lofty fite of the abbey ruins, theneighbourhood of Whitby itfelf has manybeauties. The town lies deep below the abbey, and the churchnear it, in the vale of the Efk, the river running through it, andits houfes cli
Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . The fteep afcent to gain,Where holy Hildas mouldering pile Oerhangs the foaming main. Ballad of St. Hilda. NE of the moft ftriking objedls on the coaftof Yorkfhire is the ruined abbey of its elevation, and its overlooking thefea-clifFs, it is an obje61: feen far out at fea,and up and down the coaft. Expofedas is the lofty fite of the abbey ruins, theneighbourhood of Whitby itfelf has manybeauties. The town lies deep below the abbey, and the churchnear it, in the vale of the Efk, the river running through it, andits houfes climbing in cluftered confufion, one above another,up the fteep hill-fides to a great height. In faft, a flightof nearly two hundred fteps has to be afcended to reach thechurch from the level of the river; but above them theview is very animated, of the river expanding deep below,between the bufy wharves, and the fhips pafling in and outbetween the mofly headlands that reftrain the billows of theftormy fea. Near the church ftand the remains of the abbey,. mm 78 WHITBY ABBEY.
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