Lord of
Lord of
cliff farther horns sweet thin
O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!
corrupt custom fulfills god good himself lest older order
The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world
jewels sparkle stretched
Jewels five-words long/ That on the stretched forefinger of all Time/ Sparkle for ever.
beyond far island longer
Our island home/ Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
happy maiden shining till
Go not, happy day,/ From the shining fields,/ Go not, happy day,/ Till the maiden yields.
battle god
God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before?
art god good thee thou
God make thee good as thou art beautiful.
god good increase woman
God made the woman for the man,/ And for the good and increase of the world.
awful god himself rose
God made Himself an awful rose of dawn.
near seems
He seems so near and yet so far.
experience follies nor preaches teach wisdom
Other's follies teach us not nor much their wisdom teaches; and most, of sterling worth, is what our own experience preaches
across bells dying flying happy ring wild year
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out wild bells and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go;
faithless ring sin
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,/ The faithless coldness of the times.
peace ring thousand wars
Ring out the thousand wars of old,/ Ring in the thousand years of peace.