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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... rests not alone , nor even mainly , on a body of doctrine . It rests also , and perhaps pre - eminently , on a narrative , a narrative of historical events : in the first place , events in the lifetime of a particular Being , His ...
... rests not alone , nor even mainly , on a body of doctrine . It rests also , and perhaps pre - eminently , on a narrative , a narrative of historical events : in the first place , events in the lifetime of a particular Being , His ...
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... rest till then ; The rainbow bending in the sky , Bedecked with sundry hues , Is like the seat of God on high , And seems to tell these news- That as thereby he promised To drown the world no more , So by the blood which Christ hath ...
... rest till then ; The rainbow bending in the sky , Bedecked with sundry hues , Is like the seat of God on high , And seems to tell these news- That as thereby he promised To drown the world no more , So by the blood which Christ hath ...
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... Rest in the bottom lay . ' For if I should ' ( said he ) ' Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . ' Yet let him keep the rest ...
... Rest in the bottom lay . ' For if I should ' ( said he ) ' Bestow this jewel also on my creature , He would adore my gifts instead of me , And rest in Nature , not the God of Nature : So both should losers be . ' Yet let him keep the rest ...
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ANONYMOUS 7TH10TH CENTURY | 1 |
ANONYMOUS 14TH CENTURY | 7 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER c 13401400 | 14 |
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