THE ODOR
How sweetly doth MY MASTER sound; MY MASTER! As ambergris leaves a rich scent Unto the taster: So do these words a sweet content, An oriental fragrancy: MY MASTER! With…
THE TRAVELLER’S EVENING SONG
Father, guide me! Day declines, Hollow winds are in the pines; Darkly waves each giant bough O'er the sky's last crimson glow; Hushed is now the convent's bell, Which erewhile…
A MIDNIGHT HYMN
Where'er I am, whate'er I see, Eternal Lord, is full of Thee! I feel Thee in the gloom of night; I see Thee in the morning light. When care distracts…
TO MONT BLANC
HAST thou a charm to stay the morning star In his steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy bald awful head, O sovereign Blanc! The Arve and…
GOD’S WORD
OH, blest were the accents of early creation, When the Word of Jehovah came down from above, In the clods of the earth to infuse animation, And wake their cold…
THE CROSS
ARE thy toils and woes increasing? Are the Foe’s attacks unceasing? Look with Faith unclouded, Gaze with eyes unshrouded, On the Cross! Dost thou fear that strictest trial? Tremblest thou…
JAM MOESTA QUIESCE QUERELA
(Prudentius, Fifth Century.) No more, ah, no more sad complaining, Resign these fond pledges to earth; Stay, mothers, the thick-falling tear-drops: This death is a heavenly birth. What mean these…
GOD IN NATURE
Go forth, my heart, and seek delight In all the gifts of God's great might, These pleasant summer hours: Look how the plains for thee and me Have decked themselves…
CHRISTMAS-TIDE
μέγα xai παράδοξον Θαύμα. A GREAT and mighty wonder! A full and holy cure! The Virgin bears the Infant With Virgin-honor pure! The Lord is made Incarnate, And yet remains…
CASTLES
Let them that would build castles in the air Vault thither, without step or stair, Instead of feet to climb, take wings to fly, And think their turret's top the…