...1" Moreover you have added a lofty temple, in which continual day remains, without night," (to wit,) "a sparkling tower that reflects from heaven the first...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." No less than twenty-six lines are bestowed upon the conceits that this last contrivance suggests, and...

...Moreover you have added a lofty temple, in which continual day remains, without night," (to wit,)" a sparkling tower that reflects from heaven the first...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." No less than twenty-six lines are bestowed upon the conceits that this last contrivance suggests, and...

...The lofty peaks of the tower are capped with pointed roofs, and are adorned with various and pinuous vaults, curved with well-skilled contrivance."" "Above...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." No less than twenty-six lines are bestowed upon the conceits that this last contrivance suggests, and...

...the Old Minster. The towers of his church, says an ancient chronicler in rhyme, " have lofty peaks capped with pointed roofs, and are adorned with various and sinuous vaults curved with well-skilled Copyright, 1889, by THE CENTURY Co. All rights reserved. contrivance. . . . Above these stands a rod...

...relics of the saints." " A sparkling tower," also, " that reflects from heaven the first rays of the sun." " It has five compartments pierced by open windows,...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." Again, however, came the ruthless Northman, and destroyed church after church throughout the entire...