TOCECILIACATHERINELAWTON

toceciliacatherinelawton

anacrostic

choralservice,solemnchanting,

echoingroundcathedralsholy—

canaughtelseonearthbewanting

inheav'n'sblisstoplungeuswholly?

letusgreatceciliahonour

inthepraisewegiveuntothem,

andthemeritbeuponher.

coldtheheartthatwouldundothem,

andthesolemnorganbanish

thatthissaintedmaidinvented.

holythoughtstooquicklyvanish,

eretheexpressioncanbevented.

raisethesongtocatherine,

inhertormentsmostdivine!

ne'erbychristiansbeforgot—

enviedbe—thismartyr'slot.

lawton,whothesenamescombinest,

aimtoemulatetheirpraises;

womenwerethey,yetdivinest

truthstheytaught;andstoryraises

o'ertheirmoulderingbonesatomb,

nottodietilldayofdoom.