The Dream of GerontiusLongmans, Green, & Company, 1903 - 69 pages |
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Page 9 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.
Page 59 - Praise to the Holiest in the height And in the depth be praise : In all His words most wonderful ; Most sure in all His ways O loving wisdom of our God ! When all was sin and shame, A second Adam to the fight And to the rescue came. O wisest love ! that flesh and blood Which did in Adam fail, Should strive afresh against the foe, Should strive and should prevail ; And that a higher gift than grace Should flesh and blood refine, God's Presence and His very Self, And Essence all-divine.
Page 2 - Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
Page 3 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 10 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path; but now Lead Thou me on! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
Page 32 - A strange refreshment; for I feel in me An inexpressive lightness, and a sense Of freedom, as I were at length myself, And ne'er had been before. How still it is! I hear no more the busy beat of time, — No, nor my fluttering breath, nor struggling pulse; Nor does one moment differ from the next. I had a dream : yes, some one softly said, "He's gone...
Page 53 - The sound is like the rushing of the wind — The summer wind — among the lofty pines; Swelling and dying, echoing round about, Now here, now distant, wild and beautiful; While, scatter'd from the branches it has stirr'd, Descend ecstatic odours.
Page 59 - And in the garden secretly, And on the cross on high, Should teach His brethren and inspire To suffer and to die.
Page 7 - O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Page 46 - ANGEL. Nor touch, nor taste, nor hearing hast thou now ; Thou livest in a world of signs and types, The presentations of most holy truths, Living and strong, which now encompass thee. A disembodied soul, thou hast by right No converse with aught beside thyself ; But, lest so stern a solitude should load And break thy being...