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• The New Year

  From “In Memoriam,” CV.
  RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
  The flying cloud, the frosty light: …

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• The Temptation

  From “Paradise Lost,” Book IX.
  THE SUN was sunk, and after him the star
  Of Hesperus, whose office is to bring …

  John Milton

• The Fall

  From “Paradise Lost,” Book IX.
  HE ended, and his words replete with guile
  Into her heart too easy entrance won: …

  John Milton

• Intercession and Redemption

  From “Paradise Lost,” Book XI.
  THUS they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood
  Praying; for from the mercy-seat above …

  John Milton

• Eve to Adam

  From “Paradise Lost,” Book XII.
  WITH sorrow and heart’s distress
  Wearied, I fell asleep. But now lead on; …

  John Milton

• The Departure from Paradise

  From “Paradise Lost,” Book XII.
  IN either hand the hastening angel caught
  Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate …

  John Milton

• Self-Inquiry

  Let not soft slumber close my eyes,
  Before I ’ve recollected thrice
  The train of action through the day! …

  Isaac Watts

• The Three Enemies

  The Flesh
  “sweet, thou art pale.”
  “More pale to see, …

  Christina Georgina Rossetti

• “Said I not so?”

  Said I not so,—that I would sin no more?
  Witness, my God, I did;
  Yet I am run again upon the score: …

  George Herbert

• “Nothing but leaves”

  Nothing but leaves; the spirit grieves
  Over a wasted life;
  Sin committed while conscience slept, …

  Lucy Evelina Akerman

• The Cry of the Human

  “there is no God,” the foolish saith,
  But none, “There is no sorrow”;
  And nature oft the cry of faith …

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

• The Sifting of Peter

  A Folk-Song
  “Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.”—LUKE xxii. 31.
  IN Saint Luke’s Gospel we are told …

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Vanity

  The Sun comes up and the sun goes down,
  And day and night are the same as one;
  The year grows green, and the year grows brown, …

  Anonymous

• Different Minds

  Some murmur when their sky is clear
  And wholly bright to view,
  If one small speck of dark appear …

  Richard Chenevix Trench

• My Recovery

  From the German by W. Taylor
  RECOVERY,—daughter of Creation too,
  Though not for immortality designed,— …

  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

• The Ladder of Saint Augustine

  Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
  That of our vices we can frame
  A ladder, if we will but tread …

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Saint Christopher

  “CARRY me across!”
  The Syrian heard, rose up, and braced
  His huge limbs to the accustomed toil: …

  Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

• Scorn Not the Least

  When words are weak and foes encountering strong,
  Where mightier do assault than do defend,
  The feebler part puts up enforced wrong, …

  Robert Southwell

• The Right Must Win

  O, It is hard to work for God,
  To rise and take his part
  Upon this battle-field of earth, …

  Frederick William Faber

• The Cost of Worth

  From “Bitter Sweet”
  THUS is it all over the earth!
  That which we call the fairest, …

  Josiah Gilbert Holland

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