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...are so gracefully and airily enwreathed, that, in our moonlight imaginings, we might almost think " Some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot hath twined ; Then framed a spell, where the work was done, And changed the willow-wreathes to stone."...

...around, Seem'd bundles of lances which garlands had bound." And thus he describes the foliaged window : " Thou would'st have thought some Fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier hand In many a freakish knot had twin'd, Then fram'da spell when the work was done, And chang'd the...

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...of shapely stone; By foliage tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand "J'wixt poplars straight, the osier wand In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work was done,. And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light,...

...The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliage tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then formed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light so...

...thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twin'd ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." The fourth and last theory is one highly flattering to our national feelings — but I fear it " wants...

...tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the ozier wand In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed...was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone." This church has free sittings for 1171 persons, and accommodation in pews for 881. The architect's...

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...ni on the east oriel* shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt...; Then framed a spell when the work was done, And turn'd the willow wreaths to stone." v In the fourteenth century the first specimens of square windows...