...great sea, In silver-shining armour starry-clear ; And o'er his head the holy vessel hung . . . . . . and straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city...And gateways in a glory like one pearl — No larger though the goal of all the saints — Strike from the sea." The Holy Grail. SEVEN years had gone by,...

...sunny slopes of the sleeping hills, but the very home and goal of all ; — The spiritual city with all her spires And gateways, in a glory like one pearl, No larger, though the goal of all the saints. THE LOST IPHIGENIA.1 BY AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE CHAPTER XIII. UP...

...are pre-eminently poet's gems. From the time of Job to JT Tennyson's last poem, where he describes the spiritual city and •" all her spires and gateways in a glory like one pearl," these fair products of the deep have been used as emblem, metaphor, or simile. Amongst the Greeks,...

...; then he is seen in the distance, on the sea, in a boat, the Grail hovering over his head : — ' Then in a moment when they blazed again Opening, I...all the saints — Strike from the sea ; and from tho star there shot A rose-red sparkle to tho city, and there Dwelt, and I knew it was the Holy Grail,...

...had the boat Become a living creature clad with wings? And o'er his head the holy vessel hung Redder than any rose, a joy to me, For now I knew the veil...straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city and ail her spires And gateways in a glory like one pearl, No larger, tho' the goal of all the saints,...

...great nea, In silver-eliining armor starry-clear; ****** And o'er his head the holy vessel hung Redder than any rose, a joy to me, For now I knew the veil...a moment when they blazed again Opening, I saw the host of little stars Down on the waste, and straight oeyoud the star I saw the spiritual city and all...

...great tca, In silver-shining armur starry -clear ; ****** And o'er his head the holy vessel hung Redder than any rose, a joy to me, For now I knew the veil...a moment when they blazed again Opening, I saw the host of little stars Down on the waste, and straight oeyond the star I saw the spiritual city and all...

...silver-shining armor starry -clear ; ****** And o'er his head the holy vessel hung Redder than any rose, ajoy to me, For now I knew the veil had been withdrawn....a moment when they blazed again Opening, I saw the host of little stars Down on the waste, and straight beyond the star I saw the spiritual city and all...

...sea, In silver-abiding armor starry-clear ; *«***• And o'er his head the holy vessel hung Redder than any rose, a joy to me, For now I knew the veil had been withdrawn. Then in a moment wben they blazed again Opening, I saw the host of little stars Down on the waste, and straighi beyond...

...the holy vessel hung Redder than ¡my rose, a joy to me, For now 1 kuevv the veil had been withdrawn. Straight beyond the star, I saw the spiritual city and all her s¡•iri's And gateways in a glory like one pearl — Xo larger, though, the goal of all ihe saints...