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Salisbury Cathedral.

By William Lisle Bowles

Topics: classic

Here stood the city of the dead; look round -      Dost thou not mark a visionary band,      Druids and bards upon the summits stand,      Of the majestic and time-hallowed mound?      Hark! heard ye not at times the acclaiming word      Of harps, as when those bards, in white array,      Hailed the ascending lord of light and day!      Here, o'er the clouds, the first cathedral rose,      Whose prelates now in yonder fane repose,      Among the mighty of years passed away;      For there her latest seat Religion chose,      There still to heaven ascends the holy lay,      And never may those shrines in dust and silence close!      April 1834.

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About William Lisle Bowles

William Lisle Bowles is a distinguished poet whose works have shaped the landscape of English literature. Their poetry explores the depths of human emotion, nature, love, and philosophical thought through powerful and evocative verse. Readers continue to find solace, inspiration, and beauty in their timeless words.

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