The Oxford Book of Christian VerseDavid Cecil Clarendon, 1940 - 560 pages 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 231
... dead and silent hour ! What hallow'd solitary ground did bear So rare a flower , Within whose sacred leaves did lie The fullness of the deity . No mercy - seat of gold , No dead and dusty Cherub , nor carv'd stone , But his own living ...
... dead and silent hour ! What hallow'd solitary ground did bear So rare a flower , Within whose sacred leaves did lie The fullness of the deity . No mercy - seat of gold , No dead and dusty Cherub , nor carv'd stone , But his own living ...
Page 243
... dead ! What peace doth now Rock him asleep below ? And yet , how few believe such doctrine springs From a poor root Which all the winter sleeps here under foot And hath no wings To raise it to the truth and light of things , But is ...
... dead ! What peace doth now Rock him asleep below ? And yet , how few believe such doctrine springs From a poor root Which all the winter sleeps here under foot And hath no wings To raise it to the truth and light of things , But is ...
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