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DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 8. BEAM-VERSES AT WELL KNOWE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY

First Line: THIS LAND WAS ONCE THE NORTHMEN'S REST
Last Line: SHALL HELP THE OUTWORN WORLD TO CHANGE.

THIS land was once the Northmen's rest,
And here the Virgin's house was blest
With a sweet peace through lost years wrought:
O, in these weary years of nought,
May we who now this hearth-fire light
Learn somewhat of that old delight,
Which, cherished in this drowsy grange,
Shall help the outworn world to change.



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