John Keble Poems on Christianity Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

Sweet nurslings of the vernal skies, Bathed in soft airs, and fed with dew,What more than magic in you lies, To fill ...

Seest thou, how tearful and alone, And drooping like a wounded dove,The Cross in sight, but Jesus gone, The widowed Church is ...

Not till the freezing blast is still,Till freely leaps the sparkling rill,And gales sweep soft from summer skies,As o'er a ...

Thou first-born of the year's delight, Pride of the dewy glade,In vernal green and virgin white, Thy vestal robes, arrayed:'Tis not because ...

Where is the land with milk and honey flowing, The promise of our God, our fancy's theme?Here over shattered walls dank ...

Dear is the morning gale of spring, And dear th' autumnal eve;But few delights can summer bring A Poet's crown to weave.Her ...

The morning mist is cleared away, Yet still the face of Heaven is grey,Nor yet this autumnal breeze has stirred the ...

When brothers part for manhood's race, What gift may most endearing proveTo keep fond memory its her place, And certify a brother's ...

When God of old came down from Heaven, In power and wrath He came;Before His feet the clouds were riven, Half darkness ...

Oh! who shall dare in this frail sceneOn holiest happiest thoughts to lean, On Friendship, Kindred, or on Love?Since not Apostles' ...

"Lord, and what shall this man do?" Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend?If his love for Christ be true, Christ hath told ...

The voice that breathed o'er Eden,That earliest wedding dayThe primal marriage blessing,It hath not passed away.Still in the pure espousalOf ...

John Keble Poems on Christianity (42 Poems)