Religious Thought in Old English VerseSampson Low, Marston, 1892 - 456 pages |
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... doth the Lord dispense His bounty , and show to man His tender mercies . So doth He quell pride , that no man may deem that he alone is great , and , for that greatness , arrrogance injure him . The Various Fortunes of Men may be looked ...
... doth the Lord dispense His bounty , and show to man His tender mercies . So doth He quell pride , that no man may deem that he alone is great , and , for that greatness , arrrogance injure him . The Various Fortunes of Men may be looked ...
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... doth give Fit store of wit , whereby each soul of man- If it but strive to keep the King's behest , And faint not feebly on the path He set- May rise with ease to the blest realm on high . Lo , each morn , Comes the light brightness o ...
... doth give Fit store of wit , whereby each soul of man- If it but strive to keep the King's behest , And faint not feebly on the path He set- May rise with ease to the blest realm on high . Lo , each morn , Comes the light brightness o ...
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... doth spring . And I help them all that I may , And sing with them both night and day ; And they through me be all the gladder , And to their song be all the radder ( more willing ) I warn all men unto their good , That they be blithe in ...
... doth spring . And I help them all that I may , And sing with them both night and day ; And they through me be all the gladder , And to their song be all the radder ( more willing ) I warn all men unto their good , That they be blithe in ...
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... doth reign , And that from thence to judge the world on earth He comes again.2 I pass to some others of the religious poems of the thirteenth century collected by Dr. Morris in his Old English Miscellany . The Poema Morale may per- haps ...
... doth reign , And that from thence to judge the world on earth He comes again.2 I pass to some others of the religious poems of the thirteenth century collected by Dr. Morris in his Old English Miscellany . The Poema Morale may per- haps ...
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... doth he fulfil , the new one and the old , Who hath within him there two loves , and will them well up- hold.2 I next quote from a poem on The Passion of Our Lord : - Then came He toward Jerusalem upon a Palm Sunday , He had no princely ...
... doth he fulfil , the new one and the old , Who hath within him there two loves , and will them well up- hold.2 I next quote from a poem on The Passion of Our Lord : - Then came He toward Jerusalem upon a Palm Sunday , He had no princely ...
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A. H. Bullen angels beauty beginning behold Bishop blessed blest bliss Book of Praise bright Cædmon Charles Wesley Christ Christian Church Cursor Mundi Cynewulf dear death delight didst divine dost doth dwell earth England Essay eternal eyes F. J. Furnivall faith Father fear feeling give glorious glory God's grace Grosart hath Havelok the Dane heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope hymns John Joseph of Arimathea King Layamon light lines live Lord Lyra Brit mercy mind moral nature never night Olney Hymns Ormulum pain Paradise Lost paraphrase Percy Society pleasure poem poetical pray prayer psalmody Psalms published quote religious sacred poetry Say-well shalt sing sins song sorrow soul spirit stanzas sweet thee Thine things thou art thou hast thought truth unto verses W. W. Skeat Wesley words writer written wrote