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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... rise , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears : A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth ...
... rise , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears : A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth ...
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... rise ; the joyful Son Shall finish what his short - liv'd Sire begun ; Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring ...
... rise ; the joyful Son Shall finish what his short - liv'd Sire begun ; Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring ...
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... rise before me - Rise , O ever rise , Rise like a cloud of incense from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills , Thou dread ambassador from Earth to Heaven , Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky , And tell the stars ...
... rise before me - Rise , O ever rise , Rise like a cloud of incense from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills , Thou dread ambassador from Earth to Heaven , Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky , And tell the stars ...
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