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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... song in his langage , Or telle him why this usage ; song was in This preyde he him to construe and declare Ful ofte tyme upon his knowes bare . His felaw , which that elder was than he , Answerde him thus : ' this song , I have herd ...
... song in his langage , Or telle him why this usage ; song was in This preyde he him to construe and declare Ful ofte tyme upon his knowes bare . His felaw , which that elder was than he , Answerde him thus : ' this song , I have herd ...
Page 324
... song ! To him , ye vocal gales , Breathe soft , whose spirit in your freshness breathes : Oh ! talk of him in solitary glooms , Where , o'er the rock , the scarcely - waving pine Fills the brown shade with a religious awe . And ye ...
... song ! To him , ye vocal gales , Breathe soft , whose spirit in your freshness breathes : Oh ! talk of him in solitary glooms , Where , o'er the rock , the scarcely - waving pine Fills the brown shade with a religious awe . And ye ...
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... song into the reaper's heart As home he goes beneath the joyous moon . Ye that keep watch in heaven , as earth asleep Unconscious lies , effuse your mildest beams , Ye constellations ! while your angels strike Amid the spangled sky the ...
... song into the reaper's heart As home he goes beneath the joyous moon . Ye that keep watch in heaven , as earth asleep Unconscious lies , effuse your mildest beams , Ye constellations ! while your angels strike Amid the spangled sky the ...
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Richard Rolle of Hampole 1290 ?1349 | 1 |
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