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" And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down, and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There, face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams and Mauleverers stand... "
Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 84
by Nathan Drake - 1828
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...bright; And glides o'er the earth like an angel of light. Pass, pass who will, yon chantry door; (6) And, through the chink in the fractured floor Look...upright! There, face by face, and hand by hand, The Clapbams and Mauleverers stand; And, in his place, among sou and sire, Is John de Claphara, that fierce...
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The History of Banbury:: Including Copious Historical and Antiquarian ...

Alfred Beesley - Banbury (Oxfordshire, England) - 1842 - 758 pages
...Wordsworth, in his White Doe of Rylstone, baa alluded to this when describing Bolton Priory Church : — " Pass, pass who will, yon chantry door ; And, through the chink in the fractured tíoor Look dowri. and see a gricsly sight ; A vault where the bodies arc buried upright ! There, face...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 177

English essays - 1845 - 732 pages
...his own hands in the church porch of Banbury. Wordsworth is describing the ruins of Bolton Priory — Pass, pass who will, yon chantry door, And, through the chink in the fractured floor, Î Polydore Vergil is especially incorrect in his account of the event at Banbury. He has divided the...
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The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. Etc

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...pain, Is spotless, and holy, and gentle, and bright ; And glides o'er the earth like an angel of light. Pass, pass who will, yon chantry door ; And, through the chink in the fraetured floor Look down, and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright !...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1878 - 668 pages
...Wordsworth would induce the supposition that it had in days of yore some connexion with Craven : " Pass, pass who will yon chantry door, And through...in the fractured floor Look down, and see a griesly eight : A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams...
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A Guide to Ripon, Harrogate, Fountains Abbey, Bolton Priory, and Several ...

John Richard Walbran - Yorkshire (England) - 1851 - 148 pages
...sight," which, if it ever existed materially, I am sorry to say has long since disappeared. " Pas3, pass who will, yon chantry door, And, through the...There face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams and the Mauleverers stand ; And, in his place among son and sire, Is John de Claphara, that fierce Esquire,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth ...

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...pain, Is 8001168?, and holy, and gentle, and bright; And glides o'er the earth like an angel of light. pass who will, yon chantry door ;•)• And. through the chink in the fractured floor, * The detail of this tradition may be found in Dr. VVhitaker's book, and in a Poem at page 412, of...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 194

English essays - 1853 - 702 pages
...Banbury. Wordsworth has alluded to this in his " White Doe of Rylstone," wherein he say», Pass, pus who will, yon chantry door ; And, through the chink...and see a griesly sight— A vault where the bodies arc hnriod upright ! There face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams and Maulevercrs stand ; And...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...monarch. HCK Burial in an erect Posture (Vol. viii., p. 59.). — " Pass, pass, who will yon ebantry door, And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down, and see a grisly sight, A vault where the bodies are buried upright ; There face to face and hand by hand The...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 4

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 392 pages
...spotless, and holy, and gentle, and bright ; And glides o'er the earth like an angel of lightPass, pass who will, yon chantry door ; And through the...Mauleverers stand ; And, in his place, among son and sire, . J Is John de Clapham, that fierce Esquire, A valiant man, and a name of dread In the ruthless wars...
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