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There was a modern Goth, I mean a Gothic

Bricklayer of Babel, called an architect,

Brought to survey these grey walls which, though so thick,

Might have from Time acquired some slight defect;

Who, after rummaging the Abbey through thick

And thin, produced a plan whereby to erect

New buildings of correctest conformation,

And throw down old⁠—which he called restoration.