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 191
... wings , Make wings , at least , of their own weight , And by their love control their ' fate . So lumpish steel , untaught to move , Learn'd first his lightness by his love . Whate'er Love's matter be , he moves By th ' even wings of ...
... wings , Make wings , at least , of their own weight , And by their love control their ' fate . So lumpish steel , untaught to move , Learn'd first his lightness by his love . Whate'er Love's matter be , he moves By th ' even wings of ...
Page 257
... Wings like a Dove GRACIOUS GOD , O Saviour sweet , O JESUS , think on me , And suffer me to kiss Thy feet , Though late I come to Thee . Behold , dear LORD , I come to Thee With sorrow and with shame , For when Thy bitter wounds I see ...
... Wings like a Dove GRACIOUS GOD , O Saviour sweet , O JESUS , think on me , And suffer me to kiss Thy feet , Though late I come to Thee . Behold , dear LORD , I come to Thee With sorrow and with shame , For when Thy bitter wounds I see ...
Page 258
... wings restrain , That oft I strive and gain no good , But rise , to fall again . Yet when this fleshly misery Is master'd by the mind , I cry , ' avaunt , all vanity ' : And ' Satan , stand behind . ' So thus , sweet LORD , I fly about ...
... wings restrain , That oft I strive and gain no good , But rise , to fall again . Yet when this fleshly misery Is master'd by the mind , I cry , ' avaunt , all vanity ' : And ' Satan , stand behind . ' So thus , sweet LORD , I fly about ...
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