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Page vii
... Heaven with one eye " On the Water of our Lord's Baptism But now they have seen and hated " And he answered them Nothing ' Upon the Ass that bore our Saviour " I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof " To our Lord , upon ...
... Heaven with one eye " On the Water of our Lord's Baptism But now they have seen and hated " And he answered them Nothing ' Upon the Ass that bore our Saviour " I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof " To our Lord , upon ...
Page xv
... Heaven with one eye . " Give to Cæsar and to God " But now they have seen and hated . ” On the Blessed Virgin's Bashfulness . To our Lord , upon the Water made Wine . The Blind cured by the Word of our Saviour . Upon our Lord's last ...
... Heaven with one eye . " Give to Cæsar and to God " But now they have seen and hated . ” On the Blessed Virgin's Bashfulness . To our Lord , upon the Water made Wine . The Blind cured by the Word of our Saviour . Upon our Lord's last ...
Page xxv
... heaven gates , whence it came . Think ye ST . Augustine would have stained his graver learning with a book of Poetry , had he fancied their dearest end to be the vanity of love - sonnets and epithalamiums ? No , no , he thought with ...
... heaven gates , whence it came . Think ye ST . Augustine would have stained his graver learning with a book of Poetry , had he fancied their dearest end to be the vanity of love - sonnets and epithalamiums ? No , no , he thought with ...
Page xxvi
... heaven by . And those other of his pieces , entitled , ' The Delights of the Muses ' ( though of a more human mixture ) , are as sweet as they are innocent . The praises that follow are but few of many that might be conferred on him he ...
... heaven by . And those other of his pieces , entitled , ' The Delights of the Muses ' ( though of a more human mixture ) , are as sweet as they are innocent . The praises that follow are but few of many that might be conferred on him he ...
Page 5
... Heaven's self look higher . From this to that , from that to this he flies , Feels Music's pulse in all her arteries ; Caught in a net which there Apollo spreads , His fingers struggle with the vocal threads . Following those little ...
... Heaven's self look higher . From this to that , from that to this he flies , Feels Music's pulse in all her arteries ; Caught in a net which there Apollo spreads , His fingers struggle with the vocal threads . Following those little ...
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A. B. Grosart Abraham Cowley Antiphon beams birth blest blood blush breast breath bright brow cheeks Countess of Denbigh crown cruel dares dark dart dear death dost doth drop Earth edition Epigram eternal face Faith fears FENCOTE fire flames flood glories glorious golden hand hath heart Heaven Hell Herod holy hope humble HYMN John Selden joys King kiss light lips live look Lord Love Love's lover mighty morning Muse Music's Duel ne'er nest Night Pembroke Hall Poems Poetry Poets poor precious proud Responsor rich Richard Crashaw rise Robert Aris sacred Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw Thee shade shine sing smile soft song Sospetto d'Herode soul speak stars sweet tears Temple Thine eyes things Thomas Car thou art Thou hast Thy cross thy fair thyself trembling Twixt University of Cambridge unto Versicle vex'd wake weep wings wounds
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Page xxvi - Temple," and aptly,' for in the Temple of God, under His wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's college ; there he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God : where, like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day.
Page 11 - And teach her fair steps tread our earth ; Till that divine Idea take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine : — Meet you her, my Wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 97 - Heaven thou hast in Him (Fair sister of the seraphim ! ) By all of Him we have in thee ; Leave nothing of myself in me. Let me so read thy life, that I Unto all life of mine may die.
Page 17 - Poor world (said I), what wilt thou do To entertain this starry Stranger ? Is this the best thou canst bestow ? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger ? Contend, the powers of Heaven and Earth, To fit a bed for this huge birth ? Chorus: Contend, the powers, etc.
Page 15 - I wish her store Of worth may leave her poor Of wishes ; and I wish no more. Now, if Time knows That Her whose radiant brows Weave them a garland of my vows...
Page 117 - Temple' and aptly, for in the Temple of God, under His wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's College ; there he lodged under TBRTUI.LIAN'S roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God : where, like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned these Poems, STEPS for happy souls to climb heaven by.
Page 77 - The dew no more will weep The primrose's pale cheek to deck, The dew no more will sleep, Nuzzled in the lily's neck; Much rather would it be thy tear, And leave them both to tremble here. There's no need at all That the balsam-sweating bough So coyly should let fall His med'cinable tears, for now Nature hath learnt t' extract a dew More sovereign and sweet from you.
Page 19 - Shall bless the fruitful Maia's bed, We'll bring the first-born of her flowers, To kiss thy feet, and crown thy head. To thee, dread Lamb! whose love must keep The shepherds...
Page 63 - Art thou not Lucifer ? he to whom the droves Of stars that gild the morn in charge were given ? The nimblest of the lightning-winged loves ? The fairest, and the first-born smile of...