The New Oxford Book of Christian VerseDonald Davie Oxford University Press, 1981 - 319 pages A treasury of some of the most beautiful and moving poems in the English language. In the introduction, the editor examines the vast variety and importance of Christian verse in English and American literature. |
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... Christ 117. Submission to Afflictive Providences 146 146 118. Look on him whom they pierced , and mourn 147 119. The Church the Garden of Christ 148 120. A Prospect of Heaven makes Death easy 149 121. Man frail , and God eternal ( O God ...
... Christ 117. Submission to Afflictive Providences 146 146 118. Look on him whom they pierced , and mourn 147 119. The Church the Garden of Christ 148 120. A Prospect of Heaven makes Death easy 149 121. Man frail , and God eternal ( O God ...
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... Christ , my Beloved Christ , my Beloved which still doth feed Among the flowers , having delight Among his faithful lilies , Doth take great care for me indeed , And I again with all my might Will ... Christ to his Spouse Christ, my Beloved.
... Christ , my Beloved Christ , my Beloved which still doth feed Among the flowers , having delight Among his faithful lilies , Doth take great care for me indeed , And I again with all my might Will ... Christ to his Spouse Christ, my Beloved.
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... Christ's rich garden ever upward towers . For Christ sweet showers of Grace makes on it fall . It therefore bears the bell away from all . The nut of ev'ry kind is found to grow big With food , and physic , lodg'd within a tower , A ...
... Christ's rich garden ever upward towers . For Christ sweet showers of Grace makes on it fall . It therefore bears the bell away from all . The nut of ev'ry kind is found to grow big With food , and physic , lodg'd within a tower , A ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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