BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. William Lisle Bowles Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 p. 8.

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BAMBOROUGH CASTLE . This ancient castle , with its extensive domains , heretofore the property of the family of Forster , whose heiress married Lord Crewe , Bishop of Durham , is appropriated by the will of that pious prelate to many benevolent purposes ; particularly to that of administering instant relief to such shipwrecked mariners as may happen to be cast upon this dangerous coast ; for whose preservation and that of their vessels every possible assistance is contrived , and is at all times ready . The estate is in the hands of trustees appointed under the Bishop's will . Ye holy Towers that shade the wave-worn steep , Long may ye rear your aged brows sublime , Though , hurrying silent by , relentless Time Assail you , and the winds of winter sweep Round your dark battlements ; for far from halls Of Pride , here Charity hath fixed her seat , Oft listening , tearful , when the tempests beat With hollow bodings round your ancient walls ; And Pity , at the dark and stormy hour Of midnight , when the moon is hid on high , Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tower , And turns her ear to each expiring cry ; Blessed if her aid some fainting wretch may save , And snatch him cold and speechless from the wave .