Poems, 91. numberMacmillan, 1870 - 143 pages |
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... called , and with the message spoken Followed the winging of the ways of sleep . Ay and ere now above the shining city Full of all knowledge and a God unknown Stood I and spake , and passion of my pity Drew Him from heaven and showed ...
... called , and with the message spoken Followed the winging of the ways of sleep . Ay and ere now above the shining city Full of all knowledge and a God unknown Stood I and spake , and passion of my pity Drew Him from heaven and showed ...
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... Called him and hailed him greater than he knew ; Asked him no more , but took him as he found him , Filled him with valour , slung him with a sword , Bade him go on until the tribes around him Mingled his name with naming of the Lord ...
... Called him and hailed him greater than he knew ; Asked him no more , but took him as he found him , Filled him with valour , slung him with a sword , Bade him go on until the tribes around him Mingled his name with naming of the Lord ...
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... earth was holy Saved him from death and Noe from the sea , Planned Him a purpose that should ripen slowly , Found in Chaldaea the elect Chaldee , - God , who for sowing of the seed thereafter Called ` SAINT PAUL . 41.
... earth was holy Saved him from death and Noe from the sea , Planned Him a purpose that should ripen slowly , Found in Chaldaea the elect Chaldee , - God , who for sowing of the seed thereafter Called ` SAINT PAUL . 41.
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Frederic William Henry Myers. God , who for sowing of the seed thereafter Called him from Charran , summoned him from Ur , Gave to his wife a weeping and a laughter , Light to the nations and a son for her , - God , who in Israel's ...
Frederic William Henry Myers. God , who for sowing of the seed thereafter Called him from Charran , summoned him from Ur , Gave to his wife a weeping and a laughter , Light to the nations and a son for her , - God , who in Israel's ...
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... Called , and I hardly heard him , such a love Streamed in that orison from man to man . Then shining from his shoulders either - way Fell the flood Jordan , and his kingly eyes Looked in the east , and star - like met the sun . Once in ...
... Called , and I hardly heard him , such a love Streamed in that orison from man to man . Then shining from his shoulders either - way Fell the flood Jordan , and his kingly eyes Looked in the east , and star - like met the sun . Once in ...
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