Tag: English
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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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‘Essay on Man’ (extract from Epistle 2) by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
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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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‘I Sing of a Maiden’: Anonymous (14 century)
He came all so stille There his mother was, As dew in Aprille That falleth on the grass
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‘Easter Night’ by Alice Meynell (1847-1922)
All night had shout of men …
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‘Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westwards’ by John Donne (1571-1631)
‘ … thou look’st towards mee, O Saviour, as thou hang’st upon the tree’
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‘Jehovah Our Righteousness’ by William Cowper (1731-1800)
My God, how perfect are Thy ways! But mine polluted are …
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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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