Lyra Pastoralis Songs of Nature, Church, and Home: By Richard Wilton |
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The New Church of S. John,
Bilsdale |
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The New Church of S. John, Bilsdale
Bernard Wilton, B.A., Vicar. The church was erected by the Earl of Feversham from designs by Mr. Temple Moore.
Went singing down the green sequestered dale;
The cuckoo flung his name across the vale;
The blackbird answered with a challenge clear:
When lo, another music takes the ear,
A higher note the listening people hail—
Unknown before, but nevermore to fail—
Cadence divine and invitation dear.
With solemn sound rings out the sweet Church bell;
With silvery stroke the fleeting hour is heard;
Sunday and weekday own the gracious spell:
Oh, may each heart in this fair vale be stirred
To seek the Master and to serve Him well,
Drawn by His loving call and living Word!
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