The Reliquary By Bernard and Lucy Barton. With A Prefatory Appeal for Poetry and Poets |
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For the opening Leaf of my Friend E.J.M.'s copy of “A Manual for the Parish Priest.”
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For the opening Leaf of my Friend E.J.M.'s copy of “A Manual for the Parish Priest.”
By precepts such as these, of old,
Did pious Hooker live;
And such—its graces manifold
To Herbert's memory give.
Did pious Hooker live;
And such—its graces manifold
To Herbert's memory give.
By such to “good report” were led
The later years of Donne;
Such meekly crown'd the mitred head
Of honour'd Sanderson.
The later years of Donne;
Such meekly crown'd the mitred head
Of honour'd Sanderson.
What can I wish thee, then, dear friend,
But that such counsels sage,
May with thy early manhood blend,
And bless thy riper age.
But that such counsels sage,
May with thy early manhood blend,
And bless thy riper age.
That walking worthy of the claim
Thy office should impress,
Thou may'st adorn a pastor's name
By past'ral holiness.
Thy office should impress,
Thou may'st adorn a pastor's name
By past'ral holiness.
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No higher office man can share
Than unto thee is given,
Of deathless souls the cure and care,
To guard and guide to heaven.
Than unto thee is given,
Of deathless souls the cure and care,
To guard and guide to heaven.
I feel the prayers which swell thy heart,
Though hid from mortal ken;
Be mine thy clerk's far humbler part:—
In hope and faith—Amen!
Though hid from mortal ken;
Be mine thy clerk's far humbler part:—
In hope and faith—Amen!
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