MATINS AT ST. MARY'S.7
Richard, the Lion-hearted,
Parting for Palestine,
In lone St. Mary's Abbey,
Knelt at Our Lady's shrine;
And begged that the Abbot's blessing,
And the monks' prevailing prayer,
Might follow him over the waters,
And the deserts hot and bare.
Parting for Palestine,
In lone St. Mary's Abbey,
Knelt at Our Lady's shrine;
And begged that the Abbot's blessing,
And the monks' prevailing prayer,
Might follow him over the waters,
And the deserts hot and bare.
"God be praised!" quoth the Abbot,
"By Holy Rood I swear
That at matins and sext and compline,
"Through the church's sacred air,
Petitions shall rise to Heaven
That the wave and the shore may be
Safe for our Sovereign, Richard,
Till Conqueror home comes he!"
"By Holy Rood I swear
That at matins and sext and compline,
"Through the church's sacred air,
Petitions shall rise to Heaven
That the wave and the shore may be
Safe for our Sovereign, Richard,
Till Conqueror home comes he!"
The moon of another April
Shone on the Eastern main;
And sailing by rocky Cyprus,
The Holy Land to gain,
Were the King and his Norman nobles—
When out of the south there blew
Shone on the Eastern main;
And sailing by rocky Cyprus,
The Holy Land to gain,
Were the King and his Norman nobles—
When out of the south there blew
