Note 221 — XVIII LONDON WALKS AND SOCIETY (continued 2)
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At Sudeley Castle, where “the Mother of the English Reformation” is buried, I wrote for Mrs. Dent:—
“Here, within the chapel’s shade, Reverent hands have gently laid, From the suffering of her life, From its storminess and strife, All that rests of one who shone For a time on England’s throne, Ever gentle, ever kind, Seeking human souls to bind In a Christian’s fetters fast, Heavenward leading at the last: And their watch two angels keep Over Katherine’s gentle sleep. . . . . . . . . . . Oh! amid this world of ours, With its sunshine and its flowers, Glad with light and blest with love, Let us still so live above All earth’s jealousies and snares, All its fretfulness and cares, Ever faithful, ever true, With the noblest end in view, Seeking human souls to raise By the simplest, purest ways; Then their ward will angels keep When we too are hush’d to sleep.”