"Evensong" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... for evensong as she was climbing the hill, and she had quickened her step fearing she might ...
— Bristol Bells - A Story of the Eighteenth Century • Emma Marshall
... six), the inception of which was denoted by the sound of the bells that summoned the clergy to the performance of the seven canonical offices i.e. Matins at 3 a.m., Prime at 6 a.m., Tierce at 9 a.m., Sexte or Noonsong at noon, None at 3 p.m., Vespers or Evensong at 6 p.m. and Complines or Nightsong at 9 p.m., and at the same time served the laity ...
— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio
... P., XIV., i., 967, an interesting letter which also records how the King rowed up and down the Thames in his barge for an hour after evensong on Holy Thursday "with his drums and ...
— Henry VIII. • A. F. Pollard
... When the time of evensong came Elsalill went again to the church, being constrained to know whether her foster ...
— The Treasure • Selma Lagerlof
... the parishioners met every Sunday, it had been the custom for some time past for an earnest and well-known member of the congregation, who had an appreciation for the sound of his own voice, to read the lessons at Matins and at Evensong. This duty, combined with that of warden, was fulfilled by Mr. Windle, an ardent church-goer, a staunch, if somewhat narrow-visioned Christian, and a man rigid in his adherence to the cause of ...
— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston
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