| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Mary | | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | | HER eyes are homes of silent prayer, | |
| Nor other thought her mind admits, | |
| But, he was dead, and there he sits, | |
| And he that brought him back is there. | |
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| Then one deep love doth supersede | 5 |
| All other, when her ardent gaze | |
| Proves from the living brother’s face, | |
| And rests upon the Life indeed. | |
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| All subtle thought, all curious fears, | |
| Borne down by gladness so complete, | 10 |
| She bows, she bathes the Saviour’s feet | |
| With costly spikenard and with tears. | |
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| Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers, | |
| Whose loves in higher love endure; | |
| What souls possess themselves so pure, | 15 |
| Or is there blessedness like theirs? | | | | |
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