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A SLANTING ray of evening light	B
Shoots through the yellow pane	C
It makes the faded crimson bright	B
And gilds the fringe again	D
The window's gothic frame work falls	E
In oblique shadow on the walls	E
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And since those trappings first were new	F
How many a cloudless day	G
To rob the velvet of its hue	F
Has come and passed away	G
How many a setting sun hath made	H
That curious lattice work of shade	H
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Crumbled beneath the hillock green	I
The cunning hand must be	J
That carved this fretted door I ween	I
Acorn and fleur de lis	K
And now the worm hath done her part	L
In mimicking the chisel's art	L
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In days of yore that now we call	M
When the first James was king	N
The courtly knight from yonder hall	M
Hither his train did bring	N
All seated round in order due	F
With broidered suit and buckled shoe	F
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On damask cushions set in fringe	O
All reverently they knelt	P
Prayer books with brazen hasp and hinge	O
In ancient English spelt	P
Each holding in a lily hand	P
Responsive at the priest's command	P
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Now streaming down the vaulted aisle	Q
The sunbeam long and lone	I
Illumes the characters awhile	Q
Of their inscription stone	I
And there in marble bard and cold	P
The knight and all his train behold	P
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Outstretched together are expressed	P
He and my lady fair	R
With hands uplifted on the breast	P
In attitude of prayer	R
Long visaged clad in armour he	J
With ruffled arm and bodice she	J
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Set forth in order as they died	P
The numerous offspring bend	P
Devoutly kneeling side by side	P
As though they did intend	P
For past omissions to atone	I
By saying endless prayers in stone	I
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Those mellow days are past and dim	S
But generations new	F
In regular descent from him	S
Have filled the stately pew	F
And in the same succession go	T
To occupy the vault below	T
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And now the polished modern squire	U
And his gay train appear	V
Who duly to the hall retire	U
A season every year	V
And fill the seats with belle and beau	T
As 'twas so many years ago	T
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Perchance all thoughtless as they tread	P
The hollow sounding floor	W
Of that dark house of kindred dead	P
Which shall as heretofore	W
In turn receive to silent rest	P
Another and another guest	P
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The leathered hearse and sable train	I
In all its wonted state	P
Shall wind along the village lane	I
And stand before the gate	P
Brought many a distant county through	F
To join the final rendezvous	F
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And when the race is swept away	G
All to their dusty beds	X
Still shall the mellow evening ray	G
Shine gaily o'er their heads	X
While other faces fresh and new	F
Shall occupy the squire's pew	F

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