| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | A Nun’s Song | | By Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) |
| | | FAR 1 among the lonely hills, | |
| As I lay beside my sheep, | |
| Rest came down upon my soul | |
| From the everlasting deep. | |
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| Changeless march the stars above, | 5 |
| Changeless morn succeeds to even; | |
| And the everlasting hills | |
| Changeless watch the changeless heaven. | |
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| See the rivers how they run | |
| Changeless to the changeless sea; | 10 |
| All around is forethought sure, | |
| Fixèd will and stern decree. | |
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| Can the sailor move the main? | |
| Will the potter heed the clay? | |
| Mortal, where the spirit drives | 15 |
| Thither must the wheels obey. | |
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| Neither ask, nor fret, nor strive; | |
| Where thy path is thou shalt go. | |
| He who made the streams of time | |
| Wafts thee down to weal or woe. | 20 |
| | | Note 1. These songs of Charles Kingsley’s are from “The Saints’ Tragedy” (1848). [back] | | |
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