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O, turn, and be thou turned! The selfish tear, In bitter thoughts of low-born care begun, Let it flow on, but flow refined and clear, The turbid waters brightening as they run. Let it flow on, till all thine earthly heart In penitential drops have ebbed away; Then fearless, turn where Heaven hath set thy part, Nor shudder at the eye that saw thee stray. O, lost and found! All gentle souls below Their dearest welcome shall prepare, and prove Such joy o’er thee as raptured seraphs know, Who learn their lesson at the Throne of Love.
O, turn, and be thou turned! The selfish tear, In bitter thoughts of low-born care begun, Let it flow on, but flow refined and clear, The turbid waters brightening as they run. Let it flow on, till all thine earthly heart In penitential drops have ebbed away; Then fearless, turn where Heaven hath set thy part, Nor shudder at the eye that saw thee stray. O, lost and found! All gentle souls below Their dearest welcome shall prepare, and prove Such joy o’er thee as raptured seraphs know, Who learn their lesson at the Throne of Love.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 590 · printed citation: Keble · subject: TEARS
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