The Queen of the Fairies a Village Story And Other Poems
The Queen of the Fairies a Village Story And Other Poems
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IV.
Ah, all these years, ye silent dead, How many prayers around you said The Shrine of the Three Kings. 87 Had seem'd to you of purport strange, Could ye have heard them ! Change on change, As stone upon stone has uprais'd this spire, So change upon change, and desire on desire, Ambition and rapine and hunger of blood, The gold of the vile and the tears of the good, Have built up this fabric which men call " Faith, " With its flicker of life 'midst an odour of death, As here, in this gilded ch...amber, are spread These jewels and gold o'er the bones of the dead ! Do you mourn, you three, as you hear the knell Of our hopes in heaven, our fears of hell, And long for the days when faith was strong, When daylight was measured by shrift and fast, And matins and vespers and even-song ?
Do you mourn for the days ere our faith had past For the palmer with wallet and cockle-shell, And sandaled shoon and oaken staff? Or then did you mock to yourselves, and laugh At the twisted errors and crooked saws, And the Mother Church, with her ravenous jaws Fang'd and open and eager for blood, Like some monster that preys on her own tame brood, 88 The Shrine of the Three Kings.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
IV.
Ah, all these years, ye silent dead, How many prayers around you said The Shrine of the Three Kings. 87 Had seem'd to you of purport strange, Could ye have heard them ! Change on change, As stone upon stone has uprais'd this spire, So change upon change, and desire on desire, Ambition and rapine and hunger of blood, The gold of the vile and the tears of the good, Have built up this fabric which men call " Faith, " With its flicker of life 'midst an odour of death, As here, in this gilded ch...amber, are spread These jewels and gold o'er the bones of the dead ! Do you mourn, you three, as you hear the knell Of our hopes in heaven, our fears of hell, And long for the days when faith was strong, When daylight was measured by shrift and fast, And matins and vespers and even-song ?
Do you mourn for the days ere our faith had past For the palmer with wallet and cockle-shell, And sandaled shoon and oaken staff? Or then did you mock to yourselves, and laugh At the twisted errors and crooked saws, And the Mother Church, with her ravenous jaws Fang'd and open and eager for blood, Like some monster that preys on her own tame brood, 88 The Shrine of the Three Kings.
What to read after The Queen of the Fairies a Village Story And Other Poems?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Fane, Violet, 1843-1905 to read onlineMoreLess
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