I know this is picky, picky, picky. But I believe there is a typo in the second verse as printed above. Having once copied the lyrics from a book, I am sure the line should be "It seemed to watch above my head, in forum, field and fane" and not "fame", as written above. The root word of fane is the Latin "fanum", meaning a temple, which today would include a church.
Robby