The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery Collected and Revised by the Author |
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THE PEOPLE AND PRAYER BOOK. |
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THE PEOPLE AND PRAYER BOOK.
Nor be forgot, that England's Prayer Book gives
Pure, full and plain, The Word by which she lives;
Not dungeon'd in some dead and alien tone,
But where the peasant-boy perceives his own.
Pure, full and plain, The Word by which she lives;
Not dungeon'd in some dead and alien tone,
But where the peasant-boy perceives his own.
There, lisping Childhood, when it longs to learn
Truths for which Prophets bled, and Martyrs burn,
In such pure liturgy of grace may find
All which can feed the heart, and form the mind.
Truths for which Prophets bled, and Martyrs burn,
In such pure liturgy of grace may find
All which can feed the heart, and form the mind.
For, Common Prayer, if catholic and true,
Must not be tinged with individual hue,
But be proportion'd to the soul of Man,
In deep accordance with Redemption's plan.
Must not be tinged with individual hue,
But be proportion'd to the soul of Man,
In deep accordance with Redemption's plan.
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