The Son
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Let foreign nations of their language boast,
What fine variety each tongue affords:
I like our language, as our men and coast;
Who cannot dress it well, want with, not words.
How neatly do we give one only name
To parents' issue and the sun's bright star.
A son is light and fruit; a fruitful flame
Chafing the father's dimness, carried far
From the first man in th' East, to fresh and new
Western discov'ries of posterity.
So in one word our Lord's humility
We turn upon him in a sense most true;
For what Christ once in humbleness began,
We him in glory call, The Son of Man.
What fine variety each tongue affords:
I like our language, as our men and coast;
Who cannot dress it well, want with, not words.
How neatly do we give one only name
To parents' issue and the sun's bright star.
A son is light and fruit; a fruitful flame
Chafing the father's dimness, carried far
From the first man in th' East, to fresh and new
Western discov'ries of posterity.
So in one word our Lord's humility
We turn upon him in a sense most true;
For what Christ once in humbleness began,
We him in glory call, The Son of Man.
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- 4.The Altar
- 7.The Reprisal
- 8.The Agony
- 9.The Sinner
- 10.Good Friday
- 11.Redemption
- 12.Sepulchre
- 13.Easter
- 14.Easter Wings
- 15.Easter Wings II
- 16.Holy Baptism
- 17.Holy Baptism II
- 18.Nature
- 19.Sin
- 20.Affliction
- 21.Repentance
- 22.Faith
- 23.Prayer (I)
- 25.Antiphon I
- 26.Love I
- 27.The Temper
- 28.The Temper-II
- 29.Jordan
- 30.Employment-I
- 32.Whitsunday
- 33.Grace
- 34.Affliction-II
- 35.Mattins
- 36.Sin-II
- 37.Even-song
- 38.Church Monuments
- 39.Church Music
- 41.The Church Floor
- 42.The Windows
- 43.Trinity Sunday
- 44.Content
- 45.The Quiddity
- 46.Humility
- 47.Frailty
- 48.Constancy
- 49.Affliction-III
- 50.The Star
- 51.Sunday
- 52.Avarice
- 53.Ana | gram
- 55.Employment II
- 56.Denial
- 57.Christmas
- 58.Ungratefulness
- 59.Sighs And Groans
- 60.The World
- 62.Vanity (I)
- 63.Lent
- 64.Virtue
- 65.The Pearl
- 66.Affliction-IV
- 67.Man
- 68.Antiphon II
- 69.Unkindness
- 70.Life
- 71.Submission
- 72.Justice I
- 73.Charms and Knots
- 74.Affliction V
- 75.Mortification
- 76.Decay
- 77.Misery
- 78.Jordan II
- 79.Prayer II
- 80.Obedience
- 81.Conscience
- 82.Sion
- 83.Home
- 85.The Quip
- 86.Vanity II
- 87.The Dawning
- 88.JESU
- 89.Business
- 90.A Dialogue
- 91.Dullness
- 92.Love-joy
- 93.Providence
- 94.Hope
- 95.Sin’s Round
- 96.Time
- 97.Gratefulness
- 98.Peace
- 99.Confession
- 100.Giddiness
- 101.The Bunch of Grapes
- 102.Love Unknown
- 103.Man’s Medley
- 104.The Storm
- 105.Paradise
- 106.The Method
- 107.Divinity
- 109.The Family
- 110.The Size
- 111.Artillery
- 113.Justice II
- 114.The Pilgrimage
- 115.The Holdfast
- 116.Complaining
- 117.The Discharge
- 118.Praise-I
- 119.An Offering
- 120.Longing
- 121.The Bag
- 122.The Jews
- 123.The Collar
- 124.The Glimpse
- 125.Assurance
- 126.The Call
- 127.Clasping of Hands
- 128.Praise II
- 129.Joseph’s Coat
- 130.The Pulley
- 131.The Priesthood
- 132.The Search
- 133.Grief
- 134.The Cross
- 135.The Flower
- 136.Dotage
- 137.The Son
- 138.A True Hymn
- 139.The Answer
- 140.A Dialogue-Anthem
- 141.The Water-course
- 142.Self-Condemnation
- 143.Bitter-Sweet
- 144.The Glance
- 145.The 23d Psalme
- 146.Mary Magdalene
- 147.Aaron
- 148.The Odour, 2.Cor.2.
- 149.The Foil
- 150.The Forerunners
- 151.The Rose
- 152.Discipline
- 153.The Invitation
- 154.The Banquet
- 155.The Posy
- 156.A Parody
- 157.The Elixir
- 158.A Wreath
- 159.Death
- 160.Doomsday
- 161.Judgement
- 162.Heaven
- 163.Love II
- 164.The Church Militant
- 165.L’Envoy
- 166.Love III
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