John Keble - The Christian Year (1827)

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And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.

John Keble

New every morning is the love
Our wakening and uprising prove.

John Keble

Why should we faint and fear to live alone,
Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die?
Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own,
Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh.

John Keble

Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God.

John Keble

There is a book, who runs may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts,
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.

John Keble

Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look when hearts are of each other sure.

John Keble

Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in every nook, Every wave in every brook, Chanting with a solemn voice Minds us of our better choice.

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Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning. Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.

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Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.

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When the shore is won at last, Who will count the billow past?

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