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Warle Camp. 
BY THE REV. F. WARRE. 
HE magnificence and beauty of our medisval struc- 
tures are so striking, the remains themselves so 
important, and so suggestive of all that is dear to the 
poet, the historian, and the ecclesiastic, that no one can 
wonder at the growing fondness for them, which is one 
great characteristic of the days in which we live. Who 
can pass the ruins of a stately castle, its Norman Keep still 
looking down in stern majesty on its external defences, 
without figuring to himself the proud baron, who, sur- 
rounded by his foreign soldiery, exerted a despotic and too 
often tyrannous control over the conquered Saxons, and 
built these towers, within whose walls he might laugh to 
scorn their attempts at resistance or revenge? Who can 
contemplate the more elaborate and scientific fortifications 
of the Edwardian period, without recalling the gallant 
days of chivalry, and peopling the ruins with good knights 
and true and noble ladies, whose matchless charms in- 
spired their daring valour? Who again can view such a 
cathedral as Wells, or wander through such ruins as 
those of Glastonbury, and not see in imagination the 
gorgeous procession, the splendid vestments, the attending 
