The Rambler in Worcestershire; Or, Stray Notes on Churches and Congregations, 第 1 卷1848 |
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abbey Abbot altar ancient appearance arch attend beautiful bells belonging Bishop Bishop of Worcester boys Bromsgrove building built buried carved castle Cathedral century chancel chapel charity choir Christian churchyard Clent Hills clergyman clerk congregation contains Cotheridge Cow Honeybourne curate Dean and Chapter edifice erected Evesham feet font formerly gallery gentleman hand handsome head Henry Hill inscription John lady late Little Witley living Lord Lyttelton Malvern Martley memory ment minister monastery monument Nash nave Norman north side Oldswinford Organist parish parishioners patron pews piscina poor Population porch portion prayer preached present psalms pulpit rector relics remains repairs roof Saints seats sermon Severn sexton south aisle specimen Spetchley spire stone Stoulton style Sunday school Tardebigge Tenbury Thomas Tibberton tion tomb tower town transept vicar village wall Warndon west end William Winchcombe Worcester Worcestershire worthy
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第 110 頁 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...
第 176 頁 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
第 218 頁 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
第 315 頁 - Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
第 44 頁 - There, through the long, long summer hours The golden light should lie, And thick, young herbs and groups of flowers Stand in their beauty by. The oriole should build and tell His love-tale, close beside my cell ; The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife-bee and humming-bird.
第 330 頁 - Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere. From yon blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
第 281 頁 - I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth. And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God. Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
第 162 頁 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments; and let no flower of the spring pass by us; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered...
第 259 頁 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose...
第 44 頁 - GAZED upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round, And thought that when I came to lie At rest within the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain turf should break...