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...other poetry so naturally as this suggests the superb architectural image of Mr. Longfellow : — " How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers ! This...Birds build their nests ; while, canopied with leaves, Parvia and portal bloom like trellised bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers ! But...

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