The Royal Windsor Guide,with a Brief Account of Eton1840 - 78 pages |
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Page 67 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
Page 31 - Let softer strains ill-fated Henry mourn, And palms eternal flourish round his urn. Here o'er the Martyr-King the marble weeps, And, fast beside him, once-fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not th' extended Albion could contain, 315 From old Belerium to the northern main, The grave unites ; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th...
Page 43 - Tower, which is built on the summit of a lofty artificial mount, and was anciently surrounded by a fosse, now in part filled up, and the remainder converted into a shrubbery and garden, This stately structure is the residence of the governor or constable of the castle, an...
Page 41 - It would be foreign to the purpose of the present work to give a detailed history of the College of St. George. It was incorporated by Edward III. soon after the institution of the order of the Garter and was endowed...
Page 22 - Tomb-house, which was erected by Henry VII. as a burial place for himself and his successors. Upon his subsequent preference of Westminster Abbey for that purpose, this building remained neglected, until Cardinal Wolsey obtained a grant of it from Henry VIII. ; with the same profusion of expense which marked all the public acts of his life, he began to prepare it as a receptacle for his remains, but at the confiscation of his property it reverted to the Crown.
Page 31 - Whom not th' extended Albion could contain, From old Belerium to the northern main, The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th
Page 29 - When the Ear heard her then it blessed her, and when the Eye saw her it gave witness to her : because she delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of Him that was ready to perish came upon her ; and she caused the widow's Heart to sing for Joy.
Page 26 - ... armorial bearings, and at the back of the seat an engraved brass plate records his name, style, and titles. The stall of the sovereign is distinguished by a canopy and curtains of purple velvet, embroidered with gold fringe ; on the pedestals of the stalls the life of our Saviour is represented in rich carved work, and on those under the organ gallery are the adventures of St.
Page 32 - Nearly opposite the preceeding is a small chantry, called Aldworth Chapel, from several of that family being interred here, but generally supposed to have been built by Dr. Oliver King, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and registrar of the Order of the Garter, whose remains are deposited beneath a small altar monument. There are two gravestones to the memory of another branch of this family, deserving notice ; the first, in point of date, has the figure of a child sleeping on a couch, engraved on brass,...
Page 29 - When the ear heard her, then it blessed her ; and when the eye saw her, it gave witness to her : " Because she delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. "The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon her, and she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.