Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From Ecclesiastical Sonnets, iii. 45 |
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | THEY 1 dreamt not of a perishable home | |
| Who thus could build. Be mine, in hours of fear | |
| Or grovelling thought, to seek a refuge here; | |
| Or through the aisles of Westminster to roam; | |
| Where bubbles burst, and folly’s dancing foam | 5 |
| Melts, if it cross the threshold … | |
| | | Note 1. Wordsworth. ‘Ecclesiastical Sonnets’, iii. 45. Inside of King’s College chapel, Cambridge. [back] | | |
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