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 149
... land of pure delight Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night , And pleasures banish pain . There everlasting spring abides , And never - withering flowers : Death like a narrow sea divides This heavenly land from ...
... land of pure delight Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night , And pleasures banish pain . There everlasting spring abides , And never - withering flowers : Death like a narrow sea divides This heavenly land from ...
Page 294
... Land of apocalypse , where the earth dances , The mountains speak , the doors of the spirit open , And men are shaken by obscure trances . The forest - odours , insects , clouds and fountains Are like the figures of my inmost dream ...
... Land of apocalypse , where the earth dances , The mountains speak , the doors of the spirit open , And men are shaken by obscure trances . The forest - odours , insects , clouds and fountains Are like the figures of my inmost dream ...
Page 317
... land , and leaves nothing The sea at evening moves across the sand The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er The sepulchres , how thick they stand The southwind strengthens to a gale The spacious firmament on high 204 264 137 152 298 ...
... land , and leaves nothing The sea at evening moves across the sand The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er The sepulchres , how thick they stand The southwind strengthens to a gale The spacious firmament on high 204 264 137 152 298 ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
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