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 86
... hath this last pace , My span's last inch , my minute's latest point , And gluttonous death , will instantly unjoint My body , and soul , and I shall sleep a space , But my ever - waking part shall see that face , Whose fear already ...
... hath this last pace , My span's last inch , my minute's latest point , And gluttonous death , will instantly unjoint My body , and soul , and I shall sleep a space , But my ever - waking part shall see that face , Whose fear already ...
Page 186
... hath been thy craft , By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies . But what have been thy answers , what but dark Ambiguous and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood , And not well understood as good ...
... hath been thy craft , By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies . But what have been thy answers , what but dark Ambiguous and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood , And not well understood as good ...
Page 424
... hath been indeed , and is ; And that we hold thenceforth to the uttermost Such prize despite the envy of the world , And , having gained truth , keep truth : that is all . But see the double way wherein we are led , How the soul learns ...
... hath been indeed , and is ; And that we hold thenceforth to the uttermost Such prize despite the envy of the world , And , having gained truth , keep truth : that is all . But see the double way wherein we are led , How the soul learns ...
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Richard Rolle of Hampole 1290 ?1349 | 1 |
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