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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||
LXXIII.
I thank them for their work, the pious dead,
Who, strong in faith, this glorious pile begun,
Each sire, through ages, leaving to his son,
The growing walls till all was perfected.
Who, strong in faith, this glorious pile begun,
Each sire, through ages, leaving to his son,
The growing walls till all was perfected.
Here, in these echoing aisles sublime, be read
The Scriptures, here God's grace be sought and won,
Not in that curtain'd nook, as if to shun
The gaze of men, and stint the living bread.
The Scriptures, here God's grace be sought and won,
Not in that curtain'd nook, as if to shun
The gaze of men, and stint the living bread.
Summon thy Preachers, the eloquent and good,
And from the lanes and from the highways brought
At thy wide gates let in the Multitude;
And from the lanes and from the highways brought
At thy wide gates let in the Multitude;
Nourish thy Children, as a Mother ought,
And thou shalt stand, as Church hath rarely stood,
Based on the love of those whom thou hast taught.
And thou shalt stand, as Church hath rarely stood,
Based on the love of those whom thou hast taught.
Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||