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LEGENDS
OF THE
SAXON SAINTS
BY
Aubrey de Vere
Hic sunt in fossa Bedæ Venerabilis ossa
(Old Inscription)
LONDON
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1879
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TO THE
VENERABLE BEDE
'Mid quiet vale or city lulled by night
Well-pleased the wanderer, wakeful on his bed,
Hears from far Alps on fitful breeze the sound
Of torrents murmuring down their rocky glens,
Strange voice from distant regions, alien climes:—
Should these far echoes from thy legend-roll
Delight of loftier years, these echoes faint,
Thus waken, thus make calm, one restless heart
In our distempered day, to thee the praise,
Voice of past times, O Venerable Bede!