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THE TOWER OF LONDON
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THE WHITE TOWER (KEEP), WITH THE LANTHORN TOWER IN THEFOREGROUND, FROM THE TOWER BRIDGE
THE
TOWER OF LONDON
PAINTED BY
JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I.
DESCRIBED BY
ARTHUR POYSER
PUBLISHED BY A. & C.
BLACK · LONDON · MCMVIII
TO
MY FATHER
Thomas Cooper Poyser
THIS BOOK IS
DEDICATED
Full in the midst a mighty pile arose,
Where iron-grated gates their strength oppose
To each invading step, and, strong and steep,
The battled walls arose, the fosse sunk deep.
Slow round the fortress rolled the sluggish stream,
And high in middle air the warder’s turrets gleam.
Anonymous.
Where iron-grated gates their strength oppose
To each invading step, and, strong and steep,
The battled walls arose, the fosse sunk deep.
Slow round the fortress rolled the sluggish stream,
And high in middle air the warder’s turrets gleam.
Anonymous.
PREFACE
The history of the Tower of London is so closely boun
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