THE SAXON SAINTS
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LEGENDS OF THE SAXON SAINTS
BY
Aubrey de Vere
Hic sunt in fossa Bedæ Venerabilis ossa
(Old Inscription)
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TO THE
VENERABLE BEDE
'Mid quiet vale or city lulled by night Well-pleased the wanderer, wakeful on his bed, Hears from far Alps on fitful breeze the sound Of torrents murmuring down their rocky glens, Strange voice from distant regions, alien climes:— Should these far echoes from thy legend-roll Delight of loftier years, these echoes faint, Thus waken, thus make calm, one restless heart In our distempered day, to thee the praise, Voice of past times, O Venerable Bede!