The hand of her—as pure as any snow,

And sweet as any rose.

II.

WORSHIP.

I passed beneath the stately Norman portal,

I trod the stones that pilgrim feet have trod,

I passed between the pillars tall and slender,

That yearn to heaven as man's soul yearns to God.

The coloured glory of the pictured windows

Fell on me as I kneeled before the shrine