Six Centuries of Great Poetry, Volume 2033Robert Penn Warren, Albert Erskine |
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Page 223
... Heaven's eternal King , Of wedded maid and virgin mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For so the holy sages once did sing , That He our deadly forfeit should release , And with His Father work us a perpetual peace ...
... Heaven's eternal King , Of wedded maid and virgin mother born , Our great redemption from above did bring ; For so the holy sages once did sing , That He our deadly forfeit should release , And with His Father work us a perpetual peace ...
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... Heaven's new - born Heir . Such music ( as ' tis said ) Before was never made , But when of old the Sons of Morning sung , While the Creator great His constellations set , And the well - balanced World on hinges hung , And cast the dark ...
... Heaven's new - born Heir . Such music ( as ' tis said ) Before was never made , But when of old the Sons of Morning sung , While the Creator great His constellations set , And the well - balanced World on hinges hung , And cast the dark ...
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... Heaven , In the broad daylight Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight , Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear Until we hardly see - we feel that it is there . All ...
... Heaven , In the broad daylight Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight , Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear Until we hardly see - we feel that it is there . All ...
Contents
Gay John 283285 | 50 |
Gray Thomas 292299 | 111 |
Griffin Bartholomew | 117 |
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