John Keble
John Keble
John Keblewas an English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford was named after him...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth25 April 1792
humility lifts true-humility
God hath sworn to lift on high Who sinks himself by true humility.
sweet men age
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.
time water
Time's waters will not ebb nor stay.
easter art giving
Thou art the Sun of other days. They shine by giving back the rays.
eye night clouds
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.
mother sleep eye
The watchful mother tarries nigh, though sleep has closed her infants eyes.
tasks common rounds
The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask.
morning light voice
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.
giving grace listening
Give us grace to listen well.
success past lasts
When the shore is won at last, Who will count the billow past?
life morning sleep
New every morning is the love Our waking and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought.
heart heaven solitude
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.
brother fire mind
As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.
heart soul secret
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.