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...ABBEY. A LEGEND OF HAMPSHIRE. I SAW thee, Netley, as the sun Across the western wave Was sinking slow, And a golden glow To thy roofless towers he gave ;...Then I thought of the ancient time — The days of the Monks of old, — When to Matin and Vesper, and Compline chime, The loud Hosanna roll'd, And thy...