First Line: OUTWARDLY SPLENDID AS OF OLD Last Line: LIKE THE DEAD MOON, SHE STILL SHINES ON. Subject(s): CHURCHES; MOON; RELIGION; CATHEDRALS; THEOLOGY;
OUTWARDLY splendid as of old -- Inwardly sparkless, void and cold -- Her force and fire all spent and gone -- Like the dead moon, she still shines on.