The New Oxford Book of Christian VerseDonald Davie A treasury of some of the most beautiful and moving poems in the English language. In the introduction, the editor examines the vast variety and importance of Christian verse in English and American literature. |
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... flesh sown . Flesh but the Top , which only Whips make go , The Steel whose rust is by afflictions worn , The Dust which good men from their feet must throw , A living - dead thing , till it be newborn , A Phoenix - life , that from ...
... flesh sown . Flesh but the Top , which only Whips make go , The Steel whose rust is by afflictions worn , The Dust which good men from their feet must throw , A living - dead thing , till it be newborn , A Phoenix - life , that from ...
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... flesh , while I do pray , learn here thy stem And true descent ; that when thou shalt grow fat And wanton in thy cravings , thou mayst know That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust That measures all our time ; which also shall ...
... flesh , while I do pray , learn here thy stem And true descent ; that when thou shalt grow fat And wanton in thy cravings , thou mayst know That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust That measures all our time ; which also shall ...
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... flesh to dust , ' Return , ye sons of men ' : All nations rose from earth at first , And turn to earth again . 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun . 6 ...
... flesh to dust , ' Return , ye sons of men ' : All nations rose from earth at first , And turn to earth again . 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun . 6 ...
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