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KNEBWORTH
HOUSE
{portrait}
EDWARD
BULWER-LYTTON
1803 - 1873
" READ THE READE OF THIS
OLD ROOF TREE
HERE BE TRUST SAFE
OPINION FREE,
KNIGHTLY RIGHT-HAND,
CHRISTIAN KNEE
WORTH IN ALL, WIT IN SOME,
LAUGHTER OPEN, SLANDER DUMB.
HEARTH WHERE ROOTED
FRIENDSHIPS GROW
SAFE AS ALTAR EVEN TO FOE.
HOME WHERE
CHIVALRY AND GRACE
CRADLE A HIGH-HEARTED RACE.
IF THY SAP IN THESE MAY BE,
FEAR NO WINTER,
OLD ROOF TREE. "
