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Book: Minor Ditties

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  • In The Night
    As to her child a mother calls,
    "Come to me, child; come near!"
    24 lines
  • The Giver
    To give a thing and take again
    Is counted meanness among men;
    12 lines
  • Obedience
    Trust him in the common light;
    Trust him in the awesome night;
    13 lines
  • False Prophets
    Would-be prophets tell us
    We shall not re-know
    16 lines
  • Coming
    When the snow is on the earth
    Birds and waters cease their mirth;
    16 lines
  • Life-Weary
    O Thou that walkest with nigh hopeless feet
    Past the one harbour, built for thee and thine.
    12 lines
  • De Profundis
    When I am dead unto myself, and let,
    O Father, thee live on in me,
    24 lines
  • Approaches
    When thou turn'st away from ill,
    Christ is this side of thy hill.
    14 lines
  • Song of The Waiting Dead
    With us there is no gray fearing,
    With us no aching for lack!
    16 lines
  • Traveller's Song
    Bands of dark and bands of light
    Lie athwart the homeward way;
    16 lines
  • A Song In The Night: I would I were an angel strong,
    I would I were an angel strong,
    An angel of the sun, hasting along!
    16 lines
  • Love Is Strength
    Love alone is great in might,
    Makes the heavy burden light,
    20 lines
  • Blind Sorrow
    "My life is drear; walking I labour sore;
    The heart in me is heavy as a stone;
    16 lines
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