The Oxford Book of Christian VerseDavid Cecil Lord David Cecil, well known for his writings, and particularly for his brilliant lives of the poet Cowper and of the young Lord Melbourne, has set out in this anthology to make a full and representative collection of English religious verse. |
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... Christian and the pagan gives them a piquant perfume all their own . Though our spiritual experience may not be enriched thereby , it is a relief to turn now and again from the celestial sublimities of his contemporaries , to linger an ...
... Christian and the pagan gives them a piquant perfume all their own . Though our spiritual experience may not be enriched thereby , it is a relief to turn now and again from the celestial sublimities of his contemporaries , to linger an ...
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... Christian verse : Smart and Blake . Smart , in his single remembered piece , A Song to David , recap- tured the ... Christian verse at all . If he was a Christian , he was certainly a heretic . His surprising gospel , with its admira ...
... Christian verse : Smart and Blake . Smart , in his single remembered piece , A Song to David , recap- tured the ... Christian verse at all . If he was a Christian , he was certainly a heretic . His surprising gospel , with its admira ...
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David Cecil. Christian in conviction , turned their hands now and again to Christian themes . Rossetti's Lady of the Rocks , Tennyson's St. Agnes ' Eve , are as pictorial and finished as the rest of their works . Robert Bridges deserves ...
David Cecil. Christian in conviction , turned their hands now and again to Christian themes . Rossetti's Lady of the Rocks , Tennyson's St. Agnes ' Eve , are as pictorial and finished as the rest of their works . Robert Bridges deserves ...
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Richard Rolle of Hampole 1290 ?1349 | 1 |
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Adoration Alice Meynell angels art thou Babe behold blessed blest bliss blood breast breath bright Caelica Cerinthus child Christian Christina Rossetti CLEMENT PAMAN clouds dark dear death delight didst divine dost doth dust earth eternal eyes face fear fire flame flesh flowers Giles Fletcher glorious glory God's grace hand hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy honour Hymn Jesus Judas Iscariot King Lady Lamb leiger light Lionel Johnson litel live Lord man's mede mercy Michael Field mych joy never night o'er peace poets praise Quia amore langueo religious rise Robert Stephen Hawker rocks round Ruth Pitter Saviour shalt shepherds shine sigh sight sing skies sleep song soul spirit spring stars sweet T. S. Eliot tears thee thine things Thou art thou hast thought thow Thy Name thyself truth unto Vith hoy voice whan wings word