Sonnets and minor poems

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Longman and J. & J.J. Deighton, 1835

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Page 129 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Page 89 - In token that thou shalt not flinch Christ's quarrel to maintain, But 'neath his banner manfully Firm at thy post remain ; In token that thou too shalt tread The path He travelled by, Endure the cross, despise the shame, And sit thee down on high ; Thus, outwardly and visibly, We seal thee for His own : And may the brow that wears His cross Hereafter share His crown ! Henry A Iford.
Page 11 - RISE, said the Master, come unto the feast : — She heard the call, and rose with willing feet ; But thinking it not otherwise than meet For such a bidding to put on her best, She is gone from us for a few short hours Into her bridal -closet, there to wait For the unfolding of the palace-gate, That gives her entrance to the blissful bowers. We have not seen her yet, though we have been Full often to her chamber-door, and oft Have listened underneath the postern green, And laid fresh flowers, and...
Page 82 - I HAVE found Peace in the bright earth And in the sunny sky : By the low voice of summer seas, And where streams murmur by ; I find it in the quiet tone Of voices that I love : By the flickering of a twilight fire, And in a leafless grove ; I find it in the silent flow Of solitary thought : In calm half-meditated dreams, And reasonings self-taught ; • But seldom have I found such peace, As in the soul's deep joy Of passing onward free from harm Through every day's employ.
Page 91 - Virgin born from Jesse's root, Shedding holy peace abroad, Perfect man and perfect God : Hail, Lord Jesus ' Thou that art the door of heaven, Living bread in mercy given, Brightness of the Father's face, Everlasting Prince of Peace, Precious pearl beyond all price, Brightest star in all the skies : Hail, Lord Jesus ! King and Spouse of holy hearts, Fount of love that ne'er departs, Sweetest life, and brightest day, Truest truth, and surest way, That leads onward to the blest Sabbath of eternal rest...
Page 81 - But 1 have shed strange tears to see, Passing an unknown town at night, In some warm chamber full of light A Mother and two Children fair Kneeling with lifted hands at prayer. I know not how it is — my boast Of Reason seems to dwindle down ; And my mind seems down-argued most By forced conclusions not her own.
Page 88 - In token that thou too shalt tread The path He travelled by, Endure the cross, despise the shame, And sit thee down on high ; 4 Thus outwardly and visibly We seal thee for His own : And may the brow that wears His cross Hereafter share His crown.
Page 123 - GOD is our refuge and our strength, When trouble's hour is near ; A very present help is He ; Therefore we will .not fear.
Page 10 - Loved by the unsunned drops of silver dew ; Her voice was like the whisper of the wood In prime of even, when the stars are few. Lay her all gently in the...
Page 80 - Because between its boughs on high That Cross was opened on the sky. I know not how the right may be : — But...

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