One day in the country Is wort...

One day in the country Is worth a month in town

Flowers preach to us if we wil...

Flowers preach to us if we will hear.

Consider The lilies of the fie...

Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:-- We are as they; Like them we fade away As doth a leaf.

Why does the sea moan evermore...

Why does the sea moan evermore? Shut out from heaven it makes its moan, It frets against the boundary shore; All earth's full rivers cannot fill The sea, that drinking thirsteth still.

The loves that meet in Paradis...

The loves that meet in Paradise shall cast out fear, And Paradise hath room for you and me and all.

It's surely summer. for there'...

It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.

The violets whisper from the s...

The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.

Christmas hath a beauty ... lo...

Christmas hath a beauty ... lovelier than the world can show.

Remember me when I am gone awa...

Remember me when I am gone away, gone far away into the silent land.

All things that pass Are wisdo...

All things that pass Are wisdom's looking-glass.

To her whose heart is my heart...

To her whose heart is my heart's quiet home,
To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee
I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome.

Oh that it were with me
A...

Oh that it were with me
As with the flower;
Blooming on its own tree
For butterfly and bee
Its summer morns:
That I might bloom mine hour
A rose in spite of thorns.

Oh that my work were done
As birds' that soar
Rejoicing in the sun:
That when my time is run
And daylight too,
I so might rest once more
Cool with refreshing dew.

For there is no friend like a ...

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather.

Not as she is, but as she fill...

Not as she is, but as she fills his dream

When I am dead, my dearest,

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me

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Trust me, I have not earned yo...

Trust me, I have not earned your dear rebuke, I love, as you would have me, God the most; Would lose not Him, but you, must one be lost, Nor with Lot's wife cast back a faithless look Unready to forego what I forsook; This say I, having counted up the cost, This, tho' I be the feeblest of God's host, The sorriest sheep Christ shepherds with His crook. Yet while I love my God the most, I deem That I can never love you overmuch; I love Him more, so let me love you too; Yea, as I apprehend it, love is such I cannot love y

Love came down at Christmas, L...

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

Tread softly! All the earth is...

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.

In the bleak midwinter Frosty ...

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

Remember me when I am gone awa...

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterward remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you