HIS PRAYER FOR POETIC INSPIRATION

'Celestial Spirit which erewhile didst deign
Our elder Milton's hallowed prayer to hear,
Do thou inspire my tributary strain,
Breathe thou through every word that sense severe
Of Truth; and if ought eloquent appear,
Let it to everyone be manifest,
That it flows from that empyrian clear,
Where thou beside God's throne, a heavenly guest,
With vision beatific evermore art blessed!'
Charles Lloyd: Stanzas.

Photo by Herbert Bell, Ambleside.

OLD BRATHAY.

The Home of Charles Lloyd.

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