The Sonning parish magazine1869 |
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... south doorway , and the small two - light window above it . These have the only round . arches in the Church , and are of Norman date , probably not later than A.D. 1180 , for a few years later , about A.D. 1200 , we find the pointed ...
... south doorway , and the small two - light window above it . These have the only round . arches in the Church , and are of Norman date , probably not later than A.D. 1180 , for a few years later , about A.D. 1200 , we find the pointed ...
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... South Aisle , with the ancient sun - dial upon it , that the building originally ended there . Of this Church , the oldest and the finest portion is the beautiful South Aisle , which belongs to the very best time of Decorated Gothic ...
... South Aisle , with the ancient sun - dial upon it , that the building originally ended there . Of this Church , the oldest and the finest portion is the beautiful South Aisle , which belongs to the very best time of Decorated Gothic ...
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... South Aisle and the Tower , were rough - cast ; and no slight part of the labour and cost of the restoration was the work of re - facing the whole outside with flint . Though we had the exquisite model before us of the South Aisle , it ...
... South Aisle and the Tower , were rough - cast ; and no slight part of the labour and cost of the restoration was the work of re - facing the whole outside with flint . Though we had the exquisite model before us of the South Aisle , it ...
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... South Chancel Aisle , and in the two western gables , nearly square - headed , and then you have the . general frame - work of the old interior of the Church . It is difficult to describe the fittings up . First of all , there was a ...
... South Chancel Aisle , and in the two western gables , nearly square - headed , and then you have the . general frame - work of the old interior of the Church . It is difficult to describe the fittings up . First of all , there was a ...
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... South Chancel Aisles , in which they had originally been placed ; an iron railing having stood in the South Aisle , in front of the monument to the Rich family , and a plain oak partition of no beauty , having formed the screen to the ...
... South Chancel Aisles , in which they had originally been placed ; an iron railing having stood in the South Aisle , in front of the monument to the Rich family , and a plain oak partition of no beauty , having formed the screen to the ...
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Page 3 - Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow fill'd? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be!
Page 5 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant Against foul fiends, to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love and nothing for reward, O why should heavenly God to men have such regard *." This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 3 - No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be! And can he who smiles on all Hear the wren with sorrows small, Hear the small bird's grief...
Page 18 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 5 - O the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ; How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul friends to aid us militant.
Page 5 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.