DOI: 10.1017/s1479409826101207 ISSN: 1479-4098
Musical Legacies, Memorials and Elegies: Commemorating William Sterndale Bennett
Michael Allis
he wears a truer crown
Than any wreath that man can weave him.
Speak no more of his renown,
Lay your earthly fancies down,
And in the vast cathedral leave him,
God accept him, Christ receive him!
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