Fisher and More! in you the Church and State
Of England—England of the years gone by-- Her spiritual law, her civil equity, Twins of one justice, for the last time sate On equal thrones. ’Twas England’s day of fate: Ye kenned the omens and stood up to die: State-rule in Faith, ye knew, means heresy: That truth ye wrote in blood, and closed debate By act, not words. A blood as red, as pure, They shed, that brave Carthusian brotherhood, St Bruno’s silent sons. Martyrs! be sure That o’er the land, thus doubly dyed and dewed, The Faith your death confessed, shall rise renewed-- A tree of peace for ever to endure. Aubrey de Vere, 1814-1902
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donna Fletcher Crow
27/6/2020 11:47:27 am
Lovely poem! Thank you for posting this.
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