Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | York | | York Minster | | Robert Leighton (1822–1869) |
| | | YORK Minster! what a monument is this | |
| Out of one meek and simple life uprist! | |
| Within these walls what sceptic but needs kiss | |
| Thy garment’s hem, O Christ! | |
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| For not on fable, but immortal fact, | 5 |
| Could anything so real be upreared,— | |
| Thy every thought enshrined, thy every act | |
| Re-acted and endeared. | |
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| It were enough to glorify thy name, | |
| This one great monument, this single one; | 10 |
| But only think how many such proclaim | |
| God’s best-beloved Son! | |
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| The domed cities, and the steepled towns, | |
| The village spires that gleam at morn and even, | |
| The belfry on the bleak unpeopled downs, | 15 |
| Lone hearts, to worship given. | |
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| Lord Christ! methinks they challenge and reprove | |
| The warrior’s pillar and the sage’s shrine, | |
| And bid thy weaker brothers look above | |
| To something more divine. | 20 | | | |
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