| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | Deeds not Words | | By John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | | PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control | |
| That o’er thee swell and throng; | |
| They will condense within thy soul, | |
| And change to purpose strong. | |
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| But he who lets his feelings run | 5 |
| In soft luxurious flow, | |
| Shrinks when hard service must be done, | |
| And faints at every woe. | |
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| Faith’s meanest deed more favour bears, | |
| Where hearts and wills are weighed, | 10 |
| Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, | |
| Which bloom their hour and fade. | | | | |
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