• That face which no man ever saw
    And from his memory banished quite,
    With eyes in which are Hamlet ’s awe
    And Cardinal Richelieu’s subtle light
    Looks from this frame. A master’s hand
    Has set the master-player here,
    In the fair temple that he planned
    Not for himself. To us most dear
    This image of him! “It was thus
    He looked...

  • The Black-haired gaunt Paulinus
      By ruddy Edwin stood:—
    “Bow down, O king of Deira,
      Before the blessèd Rood!
    Cast out thy heathen idols,
      And worship Christ our Lord.”
    —But Edwin looked and pondered,
      And answered not a word.

    Again the gaunt Paulinus
      To ruddy Edwin spake:
    “God offers life immortal...