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AULINU8*. But, to remote Northumbria's royal HalLWhere thoughtful Edwin, tutored in the schoolOf sorrow, still maintains a heathen rule.Who comes with functions apostolical ?*Mark him, of slioulders curved, and stature tail,Black hair, and vivid eye, and meagre cheek,His prominent feature like an eagle's beak ;A Man whose aspect doth at once appalAnd strike with reverence. The Monarch leansToward the pure truths this Delegate propoundskRepeatedly his own deep mind he soundsWith careful hesitation, — ^then convenesA synod of his Councillors : — give ear,And what a pensive Sage doth utter, hear ! * See Note.
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