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" As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in this church we see; As many marble pillars here appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting year; As many gates as moons one year does view — Strange tale to tell! yet not more strange than... "
Winchester, Salisbury, Exeter, Wells - Page 99
by Richard John King - 1876
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A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain: Divided Into Circuits Or ...

Daniel Defoe - 1762 - 424 pages
...about 200 Years ago. The ordinary Boaft of this Building is contained in the following Verfes ; sls many Days as in One Year there be, " So many Windows in One Church wejee : As many Marble Pillars there appear, J}i there are Hours throughout thejleeting...
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A Tour Through the South of England, Wales, and Part of Ireland, Made During ...

Edward Daniel Clarke - Great Britain - 1793 - 472 pages
...1219, to 1791, has been delivered through centuries to the prefent hour, ought not to be omitted. " As many days as in one year there be, " So many windows in one church we fee; " As many marble pillars there appear, " As there are hours throughout the fleeting...
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The Salisbury Guide: Giving an Account of the Antiquities of Old Sarum, and ...

James Easton - 1797 - 130 pages
...numbers Phrebus in his annual round More months, than doors within this fabric found. By another Hand. As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in this church we fee ; As many marble pillars here appear, As there are hours throughout the fleeting year; As many...
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A Tour Through England: Described in a Series of Letters, from a Young ...

England - 1806 - 234 pages
...not ascertain if the following verses were correct, but they have long been handed down by tradition. As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in one church you see; As many marble pillars there appear, As there arc hours throughout the fleeting...
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Lotgevallen en ontmoetingen op eene mislukte reize naar de Kaap de ..., Volume 3

Hebelius Potter - England - 1807 - 370 pages
...behelst van het verbazend getal vensters, pilaren en ingangen dezer kerk: hetzelve is van dezen inhoud: As many days as in one year there be, So many Windows in one Church we fee : As many marble pillars diere appear, As there are hours throughout the fleenng...
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The Juvenile Tourist ; Or, Excursions Into the West of England: Into the ...

John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...windows as there are days, and pillars as there are hours in the years. Hence the well known verses : — As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in one church we see ; As many marble pillars there appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting...
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The Natural and Artificial Wonders of the United Kingdom

Sir Richard Phillips - Great Britain - 1825 - 426 pages
...in this cathedral, three hundred and sixty-five windows, 8fc. is explained in the following verses : As many days as in one year there be, So many windows...church you see ; As many marble pillars here appear, e As there are hours throughout the fleeting' year ; As many gate* as moons one here does view, Strange...
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The Salisbury Guide: Comprising the History and Antiquities of Old Sarum ...

James Easton - 1825 - 116 pages
...numbers Phoebus in his annual round More months, than doors, within this fabric found. By another Hand. As many days as in one year there be, So many windows in this church we see ; As many marble pillars here appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting year; As many...
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Varieties of Literature: Being, Principally, Selections from the Portfolio ...

John Brady - Commonplace-books - 1826 - 312 pages
...which we believe are founded ou fact, are descriptive of some of the peculiarities of the building. " As many days as in one year- there be, So many windows in one church we see ; As many marble pillars there appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 8

1830 - 696 pages
...cathedral, from the following quaint lines, on the number of its pillars, windows, and doors — Aa many days as in one year there be, So many windows in this church wo see; AB many marble pillars here appear As there are hours throughout the fleeting year; As many...
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