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 99
... Lost from Book XII ( Adam Fallen ) Descended , Adam to the bower where Eve Lay sleeping ran before , but found her waked ; And thus with words not sad she him received : ' Whence thou return'st , and whither wentst , I know ; For God is ...
... Lost from Book XII ( Adam Fallen ) Descended , Adam to the bower where Eve Lay sleeping ran before , but found her waked ; And thus with words not sad she him received : ' Whence thou return'st , and whither wentst , I know ; For God is ...
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Donald Davie. 200 201 202 Just lost when I was saved ' Just lost when I was saved , Just felt the world go by , Just girt me for the onset with eternity , When breath blew back , And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide ...
Donald Davie. 200 201 202 Just lost when I was saved ' Just lost when I was saved , Just felt the world go by , Just girt me for the onset with eternity , When breath blew back , And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide ...
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... lost , ever lost ! at last you understood . It never came in the quantum glare of sun To shame you before your friends , and had nothing to do With your public experience or private reformation : But it thought no bed too narrow- it ...
... lost , ever lost ! at last you understood . It never came in the quantum glare of sun To shame you before your friends , and had nothing to do With your public experience or private reformation : But it thought no bed too narrow- it ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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