1499
After the Saxon Abbey was a distant memory, and the first great Norman cathedral, built on the same spot, had also fallen without trace, our own Abbey was created because of the most famous dream in the history of Bath; the dream that began the Abbey we have today, and displayed itself in the ladders on the front, where the Angels toil ever upwards towards heaven – and, sometimes, plunge downwards to earth.. Bath Abbey – The Lantern of the West..
The Lantern of the West
By night,
Across the valleys and the hills,
streams the light;
By day,
sun pours through windows,
painting stone
sapphire, emerald and gold ..
The Lantern of the West.
Inside
music rises to Heaven
painting the air
sapphire, emerald and gold..
The Lantern of the West.
The Lantern of the West.
Outside,
Angels climb stone ladders.
Like music,
Reaching
up to the Father..
Father! Father!
The Lantern of the West.
The Lantern of the West.
The Lantern of the West.
