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WITHIN AND WITHOUT: A Dramatic Poem WITHIN AND WITHOUT SCENE IV.—Night. The court of a country-inn. The Abbot, while his horse is brought out

Abbot.

Now for a shrine to house this rich Madonna,

Within the holiest of the holy place!

I'll have it made in fashion as a stable,

With porphyry pillars to a marble stall;

And odorous woods, shaved fine like shaken hay,

Shall fill the silver manger for a bed,

Whereon shall lie the ivory Infant carved

By shepherd hands on plains of Bethlehem.

And over him shall bend the Mother mild,

In silken white and coroneted gems.

Glorious! But wherewithal I see not now—

The Mammon of unrighteousness is scant;

Nor know I any nests of money-bees

That could yield half-contentment to my need.

Yet will I trust and hope; for never yet

In journeying through this vale of tears have I

Projected pomp that did not blaze anon.