Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FRAGMENT, by REGINALD HEBER Poet's Biography First Line: And by that mansion's western side there stoode Last Line: And meeke unconscious state and winning majestie. Subject(s): Monasteries; Statues; Abbeys | ||||||||
AND by that mansion's western side there stoode An ancient bowre enwrapte in darkest shade Of sacred elde, and wide-encircling woode, Seemed it was for saintlye abbesse made. Strong were the doors with yron barrs arraide For fear of foe that them enharmen myghte, Ne any durst that fort for to invade, For by the wicket grate, bothe daye and nyghte, A snowy guardian sate; of old that Bunny highte. And all withinne were books of various lore, St. Leon's toils, and Bible nothinge newe, And needle-work, and artists' busie store Of crumbling chalke, and tyntes of everie hue; And on the ground, most terrible to view, Dame Venus' mangled limbs were strewed around; For soothe to tell, the goddess envyous grewe When here she saw myght fairer forms be found, And dash'd in pieces small her statue on the ground. Such is that bowre, but who shall dare pourtraye What sister fairies there their spells combine; She, whose younge charms the rugged harte cold swaye Of prelate olde, and never tamed divine. She, limneresse of Spenser, (maister mine,) Angelic limneresse, in whose darke eye Dothe wit's wilde glance and playful beauty shine And she of shapeliest form and stature highe, And meeke unconscious state and winning majestie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SEMBLABLES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS VERSES FROM THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE by MATTHEW ARNOLD NETLEY ABBEY; A LEGEND OF HAMPSHIRE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A NIGHT FANCY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE ELEGY ON NEWSTEAD ABBEY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON NEWSTEAD ABBEY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON SONNET WRITTEN IN A RUINOUS ABBEY by SUSAN EVANCE WRITTEN AT NETLEY ABBEY by SUSAN EVANCE THE ABBEY MASON (WITH MEMORIES OF JOHN HICKS, ARCHITECT) by THOMAS HARDY EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER |
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