Godolphin Horne,Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;He held the Human Race in Scorn,And lived with all his Sisters whereHis father lived, in ...
Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;He held the Human Race in Scorn,And lived with all his Sisters whereHis father lived, in ...
Saw'st thou ever Siquis patcht on Pauls Church door To seek some vacant vicarage before? Who wants a churchman that can service ...
One feast, of holy days the crest, I, though no Churchman, love to keep,All-Saints,--the unknown good that rest In God's still memory ...
THE FRANK COURTSHIP.Grave Jonas Kindred, Sybil Kindred's sire,Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher;Erect, morose, determined, solemn, slow,Who ...
SECTS in Religion?--Yes of every raceWe nurse some portion in our favour'd place;Not one warm preacher of one growing sectCan ...
The Restauration.ARGUMENT. Laetior una Dies, JESU, tua Sacra Canenti; Qu?m sine Te, melicis Secula mille Lyris. Ut paveam Scelus omne, ...
SEE! yonder badgeman with that glowing face,A meteor shining in this sober place!Vast sums were paid, and many years were ...
As years passed on, no wonder, eachAn inward grace revealed;For where the soul is peace and love,It may not be ...
Know all, who search for knowledge deep -Hear David's words and wisdom's call -If you seek happiness and good,First taste ...
Into the world's most high and holy placesMen carry selfishness, and graft and greed.The air is rent with warring of ...
The man of God stands, on the Sabbath-day,Warning the sinners from the broad highwayThat leads to death. He rolls his ...
AIR-" THE BRAVE OLD OAK" A song to the men-the working men, Who long in their chains ...
The run of Billabong-go-dryIs just beyond Lime Burner's Gap;Its waterhole and tank supplyIs excellent — upon the map.But lacking nature's ...
When the wars of the world seemed ended, and silent the distant drum, Ten years ago in Australia, I wrote ...
I like a church, I like a cowl, I love a prophet of the soul, And on my heart monastic ...
Can we not force from widow'd poetry, Now thou art dead (great Donne) one elegy To crown thy hearse? Why ...
Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; He held the ...
NO churchman am I for to rail and to write, No statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight, No ...
Were I - who to my cost already am One of those strange, prodigious creatures, man - A spirit free ...
It is most true, that eyes are form'd to serve The inward light; and that the heavenly part Ought to ...
The run of Billabong-go-dry Is just beyond Lime Burner's Gap; Its waterhole and tank supply Is excellent -- upon the ...
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