Restoration Of Malmesbury Abbey.[201] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGGHIJJKKLL EEMNOPPQQRRSTUUU| Monastic and time consecrated fane | A |
| Thou hast put on thy shapely state again | B |
| Almost august as in thy early day | C |
| Ere ruthless Henry rent thy pomp away | C |
| No more the mass on holidays is sung | D |
| The Host high raised or fuming censer swung | D |
| No more in amice white the fathers slow | E |
| With lighted tapers in long order go | E |
| Yet the tall window lifts its arched height | F |
| As to admit heaven's pale but purer light | F |
| Those massy clustered columns whose long rows | G |
| Even at noonday in shadowy pomp repose | G |
| Amid the silent sanctity of death | H |
| Like giants seem to guard the dust beneath | I |
| Those roofs re echo though no altars blaze | J |
| The prayer of penitence the hymn of praise | J |
| Whilst meek Religion's self as with a smile | K |
| Reprints the tracery of the holy pile | K |
| Worthy its guest the temple What remains | L |
| O mightiest Master thy immortal strains | L |
| These roofs demand listen with prelude slow | E |
| Solemnly sweet yet full the organs blow | E |
| And hark again heard ye the choral chant | M |
| Peal through the echoing arches jubilant | N |
| More softly now imploring litanies | O |
| Wafted to heaven and mingling with the sighs | P |
| Of penitence from yon altar rise | P |
| Again the vaulted roof Hosannahs rings | Q |
| Hosannah Lord of lords and King of kings | Q |
| Rent but not prostrate stricken yet sublime | R |
| Reckless alike of injuries or time | R |
| Thou unsubdued in silent majesty | S |
| The tempest hast defied and shalt defy | T |
| The temple of our Sion so shall mock | U |
| The muttering storm the very earthquake's shock | U |
| Founded O Christ on thy eternal rock | U |
William Lisle Bowles
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