Rhymes with a reason, by B.1857 |
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... Christ dwells in his soul , And the love of his wayward fellow - men ; And ceaselessly as the ocean's roll He works for them - hand , brain , tongue , and pen . He is not great , nor rich , nor proud— No popingjay with scented curl— A ...
... Christ dwells in his soul , And the love of his wayward fellow - men ; And ceaselessly as the ocean's roll He works for them - hand , brain , tongue , and pen . He is not great , nor rich , nor proud— No popingjay with scented curl— A ...
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... Christ , As his face were a written page ; And he holdeth the right in his innermost heart To a heavenly heritage . Gird the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the wings of the wind , And live ...
... Christ , As his face were a written page ; And he holdeth the right in his innermost heart To a heavenly heritage . Gird the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the wings of the wind , And live ...
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... Christ , and his great words ; The more I pray that their enduring might May fill our hearts , and snap in twain our swords . I sicken of these deeds , And my heart bleeds دو To think the " glory - flower must ever wave O'er desolation ...
... Christ , and his great words ; The more I pray that their enduring might May fill our hearts , and snap in twain our swords . I sicken of these deeds , And my heart bleeds دو To think the " glory - flower must ever wave O'er desolation ...
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... Christ , Whose waters flow , as rain from skies ; We would not have religion priced , And parcelled out like merchandise . Oh ! narrow heart and narrower head , The love of Christ is ocean - broad ; And thou would'st narrow it to a ...
... Christ , Whose waters flow , as rain from skies ; We would not have religion priced , And parcelled out like merchandise . Oh ! narrow heart and narrower head , The love of Christ is ocean - broad ; And thou would'st narrow it to a ...
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... Christ and me ! " Oh ! narrow heart and narrower head , Fashioner of pretty vests and stoles ! Painter of walls ! the soft - of - tread Dandy conservator of souls ! Wandering amid God's solemn ways , As boys ' mid flowers and ...
... Christ and me ! " Oh ! narrow heart and narrower head , Fashioner of pretty vests and stoles ! Painter of walls ! the soft - of - tread Dandy conservator of souls ! Wandering amid God's solemn ways , As boys ' mid flowers and ...
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Angel of Death bloom of twenty breath BRIDGE OF BOATS bright brother caïque Christ cloak of clustering dear e'en earth with wires Euxine's fields are laden finger-touch flowers foes God's gold nor silver gone grief hail thy birth hands Hast thou ne'er heard heart and narrower Heaven heaven-sent rain labour land LITTLE FRANCES look million lips MOON name be borne narrower head neath need nor gold o'er Old centuries pomp and thy pray prayer showeth skies slowly homeward go smile soft red glow song soul Stamboul strange world SUMFIELD summer hours SUNDAY AT BALAKLAVA tears tell I'm sure terrible world say thee thine thou dost thou know'st tis Thou look'st alike thou ne'er thought thy dewy showers thy majesty thy pomp Tis this thought toil truth twenty summers unto voice waving corn fields Weep WEST HARDING STREET wide earth wings wintry worm you-God
Popular passages
Page 1 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.