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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Page 67
... fear , and must with horror fall , And destin❜d unto judgement , after all . I feel my griefs too , and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound . Yet dare I not complain , or wish for death With holy PAUL , lest it ...
... fear , and must with horror fall , And destin❜d unto judgement , after all . I feel my griefs too , and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound . Yet dare I not complain , or wish for death With holy PAUL , lest it ...
Page 149
... fear to launch away . O could we make our doubts remove , These gloomy doubts that rise , And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes , Could we but climb where Moses stood , And view the landscape o'er , Not Jordan's stream ...
... fear to launch away . O could we make our doubts remove , These gloomy doubts that rise , And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes , Could we but climb where Moses stood , And view the landscape o'er , Not Jordan's stream ...
Page 235
... fear : But that blind clamour made me wise ; Then was I as a child that cries , But , crying , knows his father near ; And what I am beheld again What is , and no man understands ; And out of darkness came the hands That reach through ...
... fear : But that blind clamour made me wise ; Then was I as a child that cries , But , crying , knows his father near ; And what I am beheld again What is , and no man understands ; And out of darkness came the hands That reach through ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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