Tag: 19th century
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‘Jerusalem’ by William Blake (1757-1827)
I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green & pleasant Land
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‘In Memoriam: 55 and 56′ by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams?
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‘Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary: A Song for all Maries’ by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Our Master lies asleep and is at rest.His heart has ceased to bleed, His eyes to weep:The sun ashamed has dropt down in the west:Our Master lies asleep.Now we are they who weep, and trembling keepVigil, with wrung heart in a sighing breast,While slow time creeps, and slow the shadows creep.Renew thy youth, as eagle…
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‘My life closed twice before its close’ by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
My life closed twice …
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‘The Windhover’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing, As a skate’s heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend …
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‘The Rhodora’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1888)
The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black water with their beauty gay
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‘In Memoriam: 106′ by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die
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‘In Memoriam: 38′ by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.
Christian Poetry Considered 