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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Page 240
... grown sickly , sad and slow , Doth fret and wrangle , pine and waste . O spread thy sacred wings and shake One living ... grow , And soon as left , shrinks back to ill ; O feed that life , which makes him blow And spread and open to thy ...
... grown sickly , sad and slow , Doth fret and wrangle , pine and waste . O spread thy sacred wings and shake One living ... grow , And soon as left , shrinks back to ill ; O feed that life , which makes him blow And spread and open to thy ...
Page 397
... grow . Let knowledge grow from more to more , But more of reverence in us dwell ; That mind and soul , according well , May make one music as before , 285 But vaster . We are fools and slight ; 397.
... grow . Let knowledge grow from more to more , But more of reverence in us dwell ; That mind and soul , according well , May make one music as before , 285 But vaster . We are fools and slight ; 397.
Page 419
... Grows into , and again is grown into By the next soul , which , seated in the brain , Useth the first with its collected use , And feeleth , thinketh , willeth , -is what Knows : Which , duly tending upward in its turn , Grows into ...
... Grows into , and again is grown into By the next soul , which , seated in the brain , Useth the first with its collected use , And feeleth , thinketh , willeth , -is what Knows : Which , duly tending upward in its turn , Grows into ...
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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