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... darkness : dark as hell . Lord , Thou more fair than light : Heaven's sun Thy shadow . Can suns dwell With shades ? ' twixt light and darkness what commerce ? " True , thou art darkness , I thy light : My ray Thy mists and hellish fogs ...
... darkness : dark as hell . Lord , Thou more fair than light : Heaven's sun Thy shadow . Can suns dwell With shades ? ' twixt light and darkness what commerce ? " True , thou art darkness , I thy light : My ray Thy mists and hellish fogs ...
Page 193
... dark will all be light . ' We older children grope our way From dark behind to dark before ; And only when our hands we lay , Dear Lord , in Thine , the night is day , And there is darkness nevermore . Reach downward to the sunless days ...
... dark will all be light . ' We older children grope our way From dark behind to dark before ; And only when our hands we lay , Dear Lord , in Thine , the night is day , And there is darkness nevermore . Reach downward to the sunless days ...
Page 207
... dark . A gentle sound , an awful light ! Three angels bear the Holy Grail : With folded feet , in stoles of white , On sleeping wings they sail . Ah , blessed vision ! blood of God ! My spirit beats her mortal bars , As down dark tides ...
... dark . A gentle sound , an awful light ! Three angels bear the Holy Grail : With folded feet , in stoles of white , On sleeping wings they sail . Ah , blessed vision ! blood of God ! My spirit beats her mortal bars , As down dark tides ...
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ADORATION angels babe beauteous beauty behold blessed blest bliss blood breast breath bright CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE child Christ Christina Rossetti clouds dark dead dear death deep didst divine doth dust dwell earth eternal eyes fear feet fire flowers forbear to weep GEORGE SANDYS glorious glory God's grace hand hath hear heart Heaven heavenly Hell holy hope HYMN JOSEPH BEAUMONT King lamb light live livés joy look Lord Mary MARY SIDNEY mercy myche joy never night o'er pain Panchaea peace praise pray prayer priest rest Richard Realf Ring Rudyard Kipling shepherds shine sight Sing lullaby sins sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit stars Sweet baby syng tears thee Thine things Thomas Hardy THOMAS TRAHERNE Thou art thou canst Thou dost Thou hast thought thyself tree Truth unto voice W. N. Hodgson Walter Chalmers Smith wilt wonder wyff