The Sunday Book of PoetryMacmillan, 1865 - 318 pages A collection of religious poetry for children. Also includes prayers and hymns. |
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... earth , or in the deep ; Loud aloft your voices strain , Beasts and monsters of the main ; Birds , your warbling treble sing ; Clouds , your peals of thunder ring ; Sun and Moon exalted higher , And you Stars , augment the choir . Come ...
... earth , or in the deep ; Loud aloft your voices strain , Beasts and monsters of the main ; Birds , your warbling treble sing ; Clouds , your peals of thunder ring ; Sun and Moon exalted higher , And you Stars , augment the choir . Come ...
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... earth's vast hollow womb Music's deepest bass shall come , Sea and floods from shore to shore Shall the counter - tenor roar . To this concert , when we sing , Whistling winds , your descant bring : Which may bear the sound above Where ...
... earth's vast hollow womb Music's deepest bass shall come , Sea and floods from shore to shore Shall the counter - tenor roar . To this concert , when we sing , Whistling winds , your descant bring : Which may bear the sound above Where ...
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... earth Out of darkness , at Thy Word , Issued into glorious birth , All Thy works before Thee stood , And Thine eye beheld them good , While they sang with one accord , Holy , holy , holy Lord ! Holy , holy , holy ! Thee , One Jehovah ...
... earth Out of darkness , at Thy Word , Issued into glorious birth , All Thy works before Thee stood , And Thine eye beheld them good , While they sang with one accord , Holy , holy , holy Lord ! Holy , holy , holy ! Thee , One Jehovah ...
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... earth and sky , From ocean depths and spreading wood , Ten thousand voices seem to cry , " God made us all , and God is good . " The sun that keeps his trackless way , And downward pours his golden flood , Night's sparkling hosts , all ...
... earth and sky , From ocean depths and spreading wood , Ten thousand voices seem to cry , " God made us all , and God is good . " The sun that keeps his trackless way , And downward pours his golden flood , Night's sparkling hosts , all ...
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... earth - born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes . When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep , Be my last thought how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast . Abide with me from morn till eve ...
... earth - born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes . When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep , Be my last thought how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast . Abide with me from morn till eve ...
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