Chapter 40 No.40

In Saxon strength that abbey frowned,

With massive arches broad and round,

That rose alternate, row and row,

On ponderous columns, short and low,

Built ere the art was known,

By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk,

The arcades of an alleyed walk

To emulate in stone.

On the deep walls the heathen Dane

Had poured his impious r