Woodspring Abbey
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
These walls were built by men who did a deed
Of blood:--terrific conscience, day by day,
Followed, where'er their shadow seemed to stay,
And still in thought they saw their victim bleed,
Before God's altar shrieking: pangs succeed,
As dire upon their heart the deep sin lay,
No tears of agony could wash away:
Hence! to the land's remotest limit, speed!
These walls are raised in vain, as vainly flows
Contrition's tear: Earth, hide them, and thou, Sea,
Which round the lone isle, where their bones repose,
Dost sound for ever, their sad requiem be,
In fancy's ear, at pensive evening's close,
Still murmuring MISERERE, DOMINE.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
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| Words | 109 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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