John Keble quotes
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“And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1829). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble].”, p.4
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“Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing that a sinner can reasonably hope for.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1880). “Sermons for the Christian year”
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“Love masters agony; the soul that seemed Forsaken feels her present God again And in her Father's arms Contented dies away.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1874). “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year”, p.82
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“As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.”
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“The watchful mother tarries nigh, though sleep has closed her infants eyes.”
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“New every morning is the love Our waking and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble, “Morning”
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“If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish”
-- John KebleSource : In D. Newsome 'The Parting of Friends' (1966) p. 395
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“God hath sworn to lift on high Who sinks himself by true humility.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble, G. M., George MOBERLY (Bishop of Salisbury.) (1869). “Miscellaneous poems ... Second edition. [The preface signed: G. M., i.e. George Moberly.]”, p.205
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“Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1858). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]”, p.9
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“Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in every nook, Every wave in every brook, Chanting with a solemn voice Minds us of our better choice.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1829). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble].”, p.52
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“When the shore is won at last, Who will count the billow past?”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1858). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]”, p.29
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“Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning. Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1874). “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year”, p.189
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“The deeds we do, the words we say,Into still air they seem to fleet;We count them ever past;But they shall last -In the dread judgment theyAnd we shall meet.”
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“The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask.”
-- John KebleSource : The Christian Year "Morning" (1827)
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“Why should we faint and fear to live alone,Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die?Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own,Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1874). “The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year”, p.185
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“Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain; No fear lest he should swerve or faint; "His life is Christ, his death is gain.”
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“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.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1850). “The Christian year ... By John Keble. Thirty-seventh edition”, p.173
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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.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble, “Sun Of My Soul”
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“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.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1850). “The Christian year ... By John Keble. Thirty-seventh edition”, p.166
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“Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look when hearts are of each other sure.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1850). “The Christian year ... By John Keble. Thirty-seventh edition”, p.53
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“Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1842). “The Christian year [by J. Keble, ed. by G.W. Doane]. 1st Amer. ed. 3rd Amer. ed”, p.20
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“Give us grace to listen well.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1850). “The Christian year ... By John Keble. Thirty-seventh edition”, p.64
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“The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day.”
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“Thou art the Sun of other days. They shine by giving back the rays.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1829). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble].”, p.130
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“Time's waters will not ebb nor stay.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1828). “The Christian Year ... [By John Keble.] Fourth Edition”, p.38
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“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.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1866). “The Christian Year ... [By John Keble.] Hundredth Edition”, p.5, Ccel
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“When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.”
-- John KebleSource : John Keble (1870). “Letters of Spiritual Counsel and Guidance”, p.6
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