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By chain yet stronger must the soul be tied: One duty more, last stage of this ascent, Brings to thy food, memorial Sacrament, The offspring, haply at the parents’ side; But not till they, with all that do abide In Heaven, have lifted up their hearts to laud And magnify the glorious name of God, Fountain of Grace, whose Son for sinners died, Here must my song in timid reverence pause; But shrink not, ye, whom to the saving rite The Altar calls; come early, under laws That can secure for you a path of light Through gloomiest shade; put on, nor dread its weight, Armour divine, and conquer in your cause.
By chain yet stronger must the soul be tied: One duty more, last stage of this ascent, Brings to thy food, memorial Sacrament, The offspring, haply at the parents’ side; But not till they, with all that do abide In Heaven, have lifted up their hearts to laud And magnify the glorious name of God, Fountain of Grace, whose Son for sinners died, Here must my song in timid reverence pause; But shrink not, ye, whom to the saving rite The Altar calls; come early, under laws That can secure for you a path of light Through gloomiest shade; put on, nor dread its weight, Armour divine, and conquer in your cause.
Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- William Wordsworth
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- Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 585 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: SUPPER, THE LORD’S
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