| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | Faith and Form | | By Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) |
| | | SACRED Religion, mother of form and fear, | |
| How gorgeously sometime dost thou sit decked, | |
| What pompous vestures do we make thee wear, | |
| What stately piles we prodigal erect; | |
| How sweet perfumed thou art, how shining clear, | 5 |
| How solemnly observed, with what respect! | |
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| Another time all plain, all quite threadbare, | |
| Thou must have all within, and nought without; | |
| Sit poorly, without light, disrobed; no care | |
| Of outward grace, t’amuse the poor devout; | 10 |
| Powerless, unfollowed, scarcely men can spare | |
| The necessary rites to set thee out. | | | | |
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