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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - BostonHenry Wadsworth Longfellow - Boston
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St. Botolph`s Town!  Hither across the plains   And fens of Lincolnshire, in garb austere,   There came a Saxon monk, and founded here   A Priory, pillaged by marauding Danes, So that thereof no vestige now remains;   Only a name, that, spoken loud and clear,   And echoed in another hemisphere,   Survives the sculptured walls and painted panes. St. Botolph`s Town!  Far over leagues of land   And leagues of sea looks forth its noble tower,   And far around the chiming bells are heard; So may that sacred name forever stand   A landmark, and a symbol of the power,   That lies concentred in a single word.
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