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PRINCE HENRY. / God's blessing on the architects who build / The bridges o'er swift rivers and abysses / Before impassable to human feet, / No less than on the builders of cathedrals, / Whose massive walls are bridges thrown across / The dark and terrible abyss of Death. / Well has the name of Pontifex been given / Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder / And architect of the invisible bridge / That leads from earth to heaven.
ELSIE. / How dark it grows! / What are these paintings on the walls around us?