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Healer of ancient woes, The palm of dawn bestows On feverish temples peace, comfort on grim despair. Now the celestial fire Fingers the sunken spire; Crocket by crocket slowly creepeth down; Brushes the maze of wire, Dewy, electric lyre, And with a silent hymn one moment fills the town.
This bursts out, young and irresponsible, in pinnacle, crocket, and gable, in towers like spears, and in the eager lancet windows which peer upwards out of Orsammichele and the Dominican Church. This mixture is Florence and has made her art.
Sergeant Hasler, Crocket, one or two others and myself, centered our attention on these, and advanced upon them, at first taking what cover we could among the trees, firing rapidly as we went. As we were pressing forward, my foot tripped on something, and I came to the ground with stunning force.
"Oh, that's the Clock House," he said to Mrs. Crocket. "No, I have not the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Stanbury; very respectable lady, so I have heard; widow of a clergyman; ah, yes; son up in London; I know him; always writing books is he? Very clever, I dare say. But there's a lady, indeed two ladies, whom I do know. Mrs. Trevelyan is there, I think, and Miss Rowley."
"And I think that I've a right to have my wishes respected, so far as that goes." "My dear Hugh," said Priscilla, "the cottage is already taken, and we shall certainly go into it. I spoke to Mrs. Crocket yesterday about a cart for moving the things. I'm sure mamma agrees with me.
Crocket as to a cottage, and was careful to let it be known throughout Nuncombe Putney that the Clock House was to be abandoned. The Clock House had been taken furnished for six months, of which half were not yet over; but there were other expenses of living there much greater than the rent, and go she would. Her mother sighed and assented; and Mrs.
Every crocket which you are to crest with sculpture, every foliation which you have to fill, presents itself to the spectator's fancy, not only as a pretty thing, but as a problematic thing.
So they had called at the Stag and Antlers, and Mrs. Crocket had told them her mind upon several matters. "What a dear old woman!" said Nora, as they came away, having made their bargain for the open carriage. "I think she takes quite enough upon herself, you know," said Mrs. Trevelyan. "She is a dear old woman," said Priscilla, not attending at all to the last words that had been spoken.
Crocket says she thinks she can get you a tenant for the three months, out of Exeter, if not for the whole rent, at least for part of it. I think we have already got a small place for eight shillings a week, a little out of the village, on the road to Cockchaffington. You will remember it. Old Soames used to live there. Our old furniture will be just enough. There is a mite of a garden, and Mrs.
The statues are there, but are modern, of the namby-pamby school, and of the original tomb possibly a crocket and a cusp may remain. Hard by this odious church, with its horrible modern garish windows, is the museum, containing some Greek inscriptions, a Christian sarcophagus or two, not grown on the spot, but imported from Arles, and some fragments of statues.
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