'Twas my one Glory－
Let it be
Remembered
I was owned of Thee－
Let it be
Remembered
I was owned of Thee－
(F.1040/J.1028)
[1] Glory:: glory-hole, a receptacle in which things are heaped together without any attempt at order or tidiness (OED 1b).
[2, 3] Let it be Remembered:: to keep the room the way it was.
[4] I, Thee:: she was orderless as a glory-hole.
GLORY-HOLE. A cupboard at the head of staircase for brooms. ─ A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words (1852)
"And you can bring out your old ribbon-box for the bowing-up, Rosamond. It's a charity to clear out your glory-holes once in a while." ─ We Girls by Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1870)