Sir Samuel Ferguson - "They err who say this long-withdrawing line" lyrics

They err who say this long-withdrawing line Of palace-fronts Palladian, this brocade From looms of Genoa, this gold-inlaid Resplendent plate of Milan, that combine To spread soft lustre through the grand design, Show but in fond factitious masquerade The actual feast by leper Simon made For that great Guest, of old, in Palestine. Christ walks amongst us still; at liberal table Scorns not to sit: no sorrowing Magdalene But of these dear feet kindly gets her kiss Now, even as then; and thou, be honorable, Who, by the might of thy majestic scene, Bringest down that age and minglest it with this.