[831] Compare The Virgin, in the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," Part II. xxv.—Ed.
[832] 1845.
As through the land we seeing what they saw,
Or the bare wreck of faith's solemnities,
May lift {the} hearts {to} blissful destinies;
{our} {for}
{Witness the remnant of thy Church, St. Bees.
{Witness your works, good cœnobites of St. Bees. C.
(or)
As on this day we seeing what they saw,
Uplift our hearts for heavenly destinies
In field or town, 'mid mountain fastnesses,
Or on wave-beaten shores like thine, St. Bees. C.
[833] See "The English Town" in Green's Short History of the English People, ch. iv. sec. 4.—Ed.
[834] This stanza and the preceding one were added in 1845.—Ed.
[835] This College was founded for the education of clerks in holy orders who did not mean to proceed to Oxford or Cambridge.—Ed.
[836] 1835.
... our age, her rules
From schools that scorning faith in things unseen,
Most confident when most they overween,
Would merge, idolaters of formal skill
In their own system God's eternal will. C.
... aims and rules
Would merge, Idolaters of formal skill
In her own system God's eternal will. C.
[837] 1837.
... will:
Expert to move in paths that Newton trod,
From Newton's Universe would banish God.
Better, ... 1835.