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 215
... bliss ! Sure source of lasting happiness ! Higher than Heaven ! lower than hell ! What is thy tent ? where may'st thou dwell ? My mansion hight humility , Heaven's vastest capability . The further it doth downward tend The higher up it ...
... bliss ! Sure source of lasting happiness ! Higher than Heaven ! lower than hell ! What is thy tent ? where may'st thou dwell ? My mansion hight humility , Heaven's vastest capability . The further it doth downward tend The higher up it ...
Page 235
... bliss . O let me climb When I lie down ! The pious soul by night Is like a clouded star , whose beams though said To shed their light Under some cloud Yet are above , And shine , and move Beyond that misty shroud . So in my bed That ...
... bliss . O let me climb When I lie down ! The pious soul by night Is like a clouded star , whose beams though said To shed their light Under some cloud Yet are above , And shine , and move Beyond that misty shroud . So in my bed That ...
Page 274
... bliss , approached first , Making a place in me That made me apt to prize , and taste , and see . For not the objects but the sense Of things doth bliss to souls dispense , And make it , Lord , like thee . 202 Sense , feeling , taste ...
... bliss , approached first , Making a place in me That made me apt to prize , and taste , and see . For not the objects but the sense Of things doth bliss to souls dispense , And make it , Lord , like thee . 202 Sense , feeling , taste ...
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Adoration angels art thou babe beams behold blessed blest bliss blood breast breath bright Caelica Cherry-tree Carol child Christian Christina Rossetti clouds dark dear death delight didst divine dost doth dust dwell earth eternal eyes fair fear fire flame flesh flowers Giles Fletcher glorious glory grace hand hath hear heart heaven heavenly hell holy honour Hymn Jesus Jewes King leiger light litel live Lord Mary mede mercy morning mych joy never night nocht o'er peace pleasure poets praise Quia amore langueo religious rise Robert Stephen Hawker round Ruth Pitter sapience Saviour SAW three ships Seraphim shade shepherds shine sigh sight sing sins sleep song soul spirit spring stars sweet Jesus T. S. Eliot tears thee ther thine things Thou art thou hast thought thow throne thy soul thyself unto Vith hoy voice weep whan wilt thou wings