Excerpt from Poems
Chivalry.
I.
They rise before me! Long drawn aisles, retreating
With their far vistas, in the deepening shade,
And cloisters proud, in pointed arches meeting,
And tinted windows, with the deeds pourtrayed
Of saints and holy men; one taper dim
Before the altar burning. -
Lo! its flame
Lights the flush"d cheek, and stately form of him,
The youthful aspirant of love and fame.
Around him lie the shield, the helm, the lance,
Destined, through coming years, in glory"s path to glance.
II.
And he is guarding them; and high
Around him rise the Minster"s walls;
And as he turns his awe-struck eye,
On many a sculptur"d form it falls,
Recumbent on the trophied stone
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