8.

I wandered through the city till I came

Within the vast cathedral, cool and dim;

I looked upon the windows all aflame

With blazoned knights and saints and seraphim.

I looked on kings in purple, gold and blue,

On martyrs high before whom all men bow;

Until a gleam of light my footsteps drew

Before a shining seraph, on whose brow

A little flame, for ever pure and white,