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 135
... dead : to whom shall I , poor I , Repair ? to whom shall my sad ashes fly For life ? and where is life but in thine eye ? And yet thou turn'st away thy face , and fly'st me ; And yet I sue for grace , and thou deny'st me ; Speak , art ...
... dead : to whom shall I , poor I , Repair ? to whom shall my sad ashes fly For life ? and where is life but in thine eye ? And yet thou turn'st away thy face , and fly'st me ; And yet I sue for grace , and thou deny'st me ; Speak , art ...
Page 260
... dead to you , And such - like toys . I would not longer own a thought That crawls so low , Or lavish out my wishes so In quest of less than nought . My soul is wing'd with quick desires To pass the sky ; Nothing below what is most high ...
... dead to you , And such - like toys . I would not longer own a thought That crawls so low , Or lavish out my wishes so In quest of less than nought . My soul is wing'd with quick desires To pass the sky ; Nothing below what is most high ...
Page 531
... dead breath of the Arctic Current ; And they came to an end , a dead end stirred with a flicker of life , And they came to the withered ancient look of a child that has died of starvation . Prayer wheels , worship of the dead , denial ...
... dead breath of the Arctic Current ; And they came to an end , a dead end stirred with a flicker of life , And they came to the withered ancient look of a child that has died of starvation . Prayer wheels , worship of the dead , denial ...
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Alice Meynell angels babe beams behold blessed blest bliss blood breath bright Caelica child Christ Christian Christina Rossetti clouds dark dear death delight didst divine dost doth earth eternal eyes fair fear fire flame flesh flowers Giles Fletcher glory grace hand hath heart heaven heavenly hell herte holy honour Hymn Jesus Jewes King Lady light Lionel Johnson litel live Lord lulley mad so myche Mary mercy Mordre mych joy never night o'er Paradise Regained peace pipe he mad pleasure poets praise Quia amore langueo religious Robert Stephen Hawker round Ruth Pitter sapience Saviour SAW three ships Seraphim shepherds shine sight sing sins sleep sone song soul spirit spring stars sweet Jesus T. S. Eliot tears thee ther thine things Thou art thou hast thought thow throne thyself unto verse Vith hoy voice weep whan wings