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Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear, It is not night if thou be near. Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.

Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look when hearts are of each other sure.

And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.

The watchful mother tarries nigh, though sleep has closed her infants eyes.

New every morning is the love Our waking and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought.

Abide with me from morn to eve, / For without Thee I cannot live: / Abide with me when night is nigh. / For without Thee I dare not die.

Thou art the Sun of other days.
They shine by giving back the rays.

Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near.

Time's waters will not ebb nor stay.

God hath sworn to lift on high Who sinks himself by true humility.

Love masters agony; the soul that seemed
Forsaken feels her present God again
And in her Father's arms
Contented dies away.

Give us grace to listen well.

When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.

Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God. The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ's abode.

Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning. Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.

Sweet is the infant's waking smile, And sweet the old man's rest
But middle age by no fond wile, No soothing calm is blest.

If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

When the shore is won at last, Who will count the billow past?

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day.

The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask.