ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1958, The Cathedral is a verse sequence evoking the spirit of an English cathedral and the characters associated with its history.

Although Salisbury is at its core, the book does not focus on the portrait of one specific cathedral, but instead includes features from many. It brings to life the figures that it portrays, giving voices to a wide variety of characters from the Peasant’s Daughter to The Devil, and the Spire-Builder to the Queen.

The Cathedral will appeal to those with an interest in poetry, Christianity, and religious architecture.

chapter |1 pages

Spirit of the Cathedral

chapter |2 pages

The Land

chapter |1 pages

Peasant’s Daughter

chapter |3 pages

Bishop

chapter |1 pages

Quarry-Master

chapter |2 pages

Dedication

chapter |6 pages

Architect

chapter |3 pages

Ballad of the Bishop’s Trees

A legend told in the sixteenth century of a happening in the thirteenth

chapter |4 pages

Stone-Carver

chapter |1 pages

Gargoyles

chapter |3 pages

Wandering Scholars

chapter |5 pages

Crusader

chapter |3 pages

Wood-Carver

chapter |1 pages

Corpus Christi Play

(Directions to Players)

chapter |1 pages

Martyr

chapter |3 pages

Spire-Builder

chapter |3 pages

The People

chapter |2 pages

Vespers

chapter |2 pages

Pilgrim

chapter |2 pages

Travelling Preacher

chapter |1 pages

The Devil

chapter |5 pages

Sanctuary

chapter |1 pages

Candle Carol

For a Children’s Procession

chapter |2 pages

Plague-Pit

chapter |2 pages

The Reliquary

chapter |2 pages

The Clock

chapter |2 pages

Cure-Seller

(Outside the west door)

chapter |1 pages

Princess

chapter |1 pages

Lady Chapel

chapter |1 pages

John the Cellarer

chapter |1 pages

Lord and Lady

chapter |1 pages

The Doom Painting

chapter |2 pages

The Wool Window

chapter |2 pages

Rood-Loft

chapter |2 pages

The Wavering Canon

chapter |1 pages

The Queen

chapter |1 pages

The Martins’ Chapel

chapter |1 pages

Nicholas Martin

chapter |1 pages

Bell Tower

chapter |1 pages

Ironside

chapter |1 pages

Wall Monument

chapter |4 pages

The Pulpit

chapter |1 pages

Grave-Digger

chapter |1 pages

‘Restorer’

chapter |1 pages

The Font

chapter |2 pages

The Lectern

chapter |2 pages

Weathercock

chapter |1 pages

Sundial

chapter |1 pages

The Close

chapter |1 pages

The West Front

chapter |1 pages

Man and his Cathedral

chapter |1 pages

Prayer