Chapter 43 No.43

Then Whitby's nuns exulting told,

How to their house three barons bold

Must menial service do;

While horns blow out a note of shame,

And monks cry, "Fye upon your name!

In wrath, for loss of silvan game,

Saint Hilda's priest ye slew."

"This, on Ascension Day, each year,

While labouring on our harbour-pier,

Must Herbert, B