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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... true that , if all poetry were like this , we should feel we had been put on iron rations . There are legitimate splendours and audacities which this style must deny itself ; and on other pages of this collection other styles than this ...
... true that , if all poetry were like this , we should feel we had been put on iron rations . There are legitimate splendours and audacities which this style must deny itself ; and on other pages of this collection other styles than this ...
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... true Valour see , Let him come hither ; One here will Constant be , Come Wind , come Weather . There's no Discouragement Shall make him once Relent His first avow'd Intent To be a Pilgrim . Whoso beset him round With dismal Stories , Do ...
... true Valour see , Let him come hither ; One here will Constant be , Come Wind , come Weather . There's no Discouragement Shall make him once Relent His first avow'd Intent To be a Pilgrim . Whoso beset him round With dismal Stories , Do ...
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... True God , going to his Father in Heaven as to his Mother on Earth , he came , the One , the True , the Lord . We stared not only in wonder , not with loneliness , feeling him with us , permanent ... ' Gluttonous bees ! Come forth ...
... True God , going to his Father in Heaven as to his Mother on Earth , he came , the One , the True , the Lord . We stared not only in wonder , not with loneliness , feeling him with us , permanent ... ' Gluttonous bees ! Come forth ...
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