228 ABBEY CHURCH. 



ment Nature has so tastefully provided 

 for her, pouring forth her delightful 

 carols, and bearing in her lap sweet 

 perfumed emblems of her bounty; or 

 whether it be the commemoration of the 

 promises made by the God of Nature, 

 of an eternal Spring to those responsible 

 beings who have faith in His revealed 

 will, hope in His most merciful dispen- 

 sation, and-good will towards their fellow- 

 creatures either one or the other, or 

 both, will dispose the senses to the purer 

 and more exalted feelings of our con- 

 dition. 



I bent my knee in prayer to the 

 great Giver of good I joined in the 

 holy chaunt that reverberated round those 

 ancient walls I listened with attention 

 to the exposition of His holy text I 

 admired the vastness and solidity of the 

 structure, inspected the different monu- 

 ments that ornamented its pillars or its 



