...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined. Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." And this testimony is the more valuable, as it is clear that the great poet took a very different view...

...thought tome fairy's hand 'Twist poplan straight tho osier wanJ In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to itone. But descriptions of buildings, however beautiful they may be, are at best uninteresting ; and...

...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed...wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, Shewed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his...

...thought some fairy hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." • Browne's History of the Metropolitan Church of St Peter, York, 1839. The usual entrance is on the...

...tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's baud 'Twist poplars straight the ozier wand, The silver light so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet, and many a (mint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished...

...thought some fairy's hand, Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed...the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his Cross of Bed Triumphant, Michael brandished, And trampled the Apostate's pride ; The moonoeam kissed the holy...

...thought some fairy's hand Twiit poplars straight the ozier wand, In mauy a freakish knot, had twined ; th dim eyes suffused with tears, Solemnly seemest,...from the earth I Thou kingly spirit throned among J Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the apostate's pride....

...sensations of religious awe, inspired amidst the solemn grandeur of the temple, where " The silvery light so pale and faint, Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed." NOTE V. LITTLEBOROUGH'S ROMAN FERRY. A little above Gainsborough, at the town called Marton, Mr. Foxcroft...

...thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The original beautifully fretted and sculptured stone roof of the east end of the chancel is still standing,...

...thought some fairy hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish note had twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." 3* Under the spot where the high altar stood is the grave of Alexander II., of Scotland. Here also...