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convent: see monasticism monasticism (mənăs`tĭsĭzəm, mō–) ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| My Father was a native of Ireland and an inhabitant of Wales; my Mother was the natural Daughter of a Scotch Peer by an italian Opera-girl--I was born in Spain and received my Education at a Convent in France. When it at last rose to the walls of the convent of the Great Saint Bernard, it was as if that weather- beaten structure were another Ark, and floated on the shadowy waves. I entered through the convent gate: The abbot bade me welcome there, And in the court of silent dreams I lost the thread of worldly care. |
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