| Anonymous. |
Be my comfort, Christ Jesus! |
| Prayer of Richard de Castre |
| Quia Amore Langueo |
Geoffrey Chaucer.
1340?–1400. |
Virginibus Puerisque |
Sir Walter Ralegh.
1552?–1618. |
Pilgrimage |
| Written in His Bible the Night before His Execution |
Edmund Spenser.
1552?–1599. |
The Ministry of Angels |
| Easter Day |
| The Love of Christ |
Sir Philip Sidney.
1554–1586. |
Sonnet: “Leave me, O love” |
Mary Countess of
Pembroke.
1555?–1621. |
Psalm CXXXIX |
Fulke Greville,
Lord Brooke.
1554–1628. |
Faith and Works |
Robert Southwell.
1561?–1595. |
The Burning Babe |
| Man’s Civil War |
| At Home in Heaven |
| Lost Grace |
Samuel Daniel.
1562–1619. |
Faith and Form |
| Works |
Henry Constable.
1562–1613. |
To St Margaret |
William
Shakespeare.
1564–1616. |
Soul and Body |
Thomas Campion.
?–1619. |
The Christian Stoic |
| Song: “Author of life” |
| Song: “Never weather-beaten sail” |
| A. W. |
Dialogue |
| “Though late, my heart, yet turn at last” |
| F. B. P. |
Urbs Beata Hierusalem |
| Anonymous. |
The Invitation |
| The Heart’s Chambers |
| Confession |
| A Royal Guest |
Sir John Davies.
1569–1626. |
Self-Knowledge |
| Self-Ignorance |
Sir Henry Wotton.
1568–1639. |
The Character of a Happy Life |
| Hymn: “Eternal Mover” |
John Donne.
1573–1631. |
Four Sonnets: I. “Thou hast made me, and shall Thy work decay?” |
| II. “As due by many titles, I resign” |
| III. “At the round earth’s imagin’d corners blow” |
| IV. “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee” |
| Litany |
| A Hymn to God the Father |
| Hymn to God in my Sickness |
| Good Friday—Riding Westward |
| Easter Day |
| The Cross |
| Christ the Judge |
| Crosses |
Ben Jonson.
1573?–1647. |
An Hymn to God the Father |
| To Heaven |
| The Fortress of Mansoul |
William
Drummond.
1585–1649. |
A Hymn of the Resurrection |
| Faith without Works |
| Change should breed Change |
| No Trust in Time |
Robert Herrick.
1591–1674. |
Litany |
| Eternity |
| To his Conscience |
| Lent |
| To Death |
| To find God |
| Upon God |
| Humility |
Giles Fletcher.
1588?–1623. |
The Incarnation |
| The Passion |
| The Resurrection |
| Earth and Heaven |
George Herbert.
1593–1633. |
From “The Church Porch”: Education |
| Wealth |
| Friendship |
| Conduct |
| Health |
| Praise |
| Sin |
| The Pulley |
| Man’s Medley |
| The Quip |
| The Collar |
| The Pilgrimage |
| Discipline |
| The Flower |
| The Elixir |
| Employment |
| Love |
| A Wreath |
| Bitter-Sweet |
| Easter |
| Dialogue |
| Church Music |
| Praise |
| The Bird |
| The Temper |
| Regeneration |
| Divinity |
Francis Quarles.
1592–1644. |
False World |
| The Threshing Floor |
| The Foil |
| The Loadstone |
Richard Crashaw.
1613?–1640. |
A Hymn of the Nativity |
| Christ when He died |
| God’s Love and Man’s |
| A Descant on the Twenty-third Psalm |
| To the Name above every Name, the Name of Jesus: A Hymn |
| The Dear Bargain |
| S. Mary Magdalene |
| A Hymn to S. Teresa |
| Upon the Book and Picture of the seraphical Saint Teresa |
Sir William
Davenant.
1606–1668. |
Life and Death |
William Habington.
1605–1654. |
Nox Nocti Indicat Scientiam |
Sir Thomas
Browne.
1605–1682. |
An Evening Prayer |
John Milton.
1608–1674. |
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity |
| Morning Hymn |
| The Spacious Firmament |
| Upon the Circumcision |
| God’s Providence |
| On his Blindness |
| At a Solemn Music |
| On Time—To be set on a Clock-Case |
Jeremy Taylor.
1613–1667. |
Hymn for Advent |
| A Prayer for Charity |
Alexander Rosse.
1590–1654. |
Affliction |
John Mason.
1646?–1694. |
A General Song of Praise to Almighty God |
| The Peace of God |
Joseph Beaumont.
1616–1699. |
The House of the Mind |
Henry More.
1614–1687. |
Resolution |
| The Philosopher’s Devotion |
Richard Baxter.
1615–1691. |
The Exit |
Andrew Marvell.
1621–1678. |
A Dialogue between the Resolved Soul and Created Pleasure |
| On a Drop of Dew |
Henry Vaughan.
1622–1695. |
Mattins |
| Man |
| The Retreat |
| Etenim Res Creatæ Exerto Capite Observantes Expectant Revelationem Filiorum Dei |
| Desert |
| Love and Discipline |
| The World |
| Providence |
| The Rainbow |
| The Night |
| Departed Friends |
| The Dawning |
John Bunyan.
1628–1688. |
The Shepherd Boy’s Song in the Valley of Humiliation |
John Norris.
1657–1711. |
The Aspiration |
| Anonymous. |
For Christmas |
| Litany |
Thomas Traherne.
1637?–1674. |
The Ways of Wisdom |
| God’s Love and Man’s |
Joseph Addison.
1672–1719. |
An Ode |
Isaac Watts.
1674–1748. |
A Sight of Heaven in Sickness |
John Byrom.
1692–1763. |
The Desponding Soul’s Wish |
| The Answer |
| The Soul’s Tendency towards its True Centre |
| Divine Epigrams |
Charles Wesley.
1707–1788. |
Wrestling with the Angel |
William Cowper.
1731–1800. |
Light out of Darkness |
| The Contrite Heart |
Thomas Chatterton.
1752–1770. |
Faith |
George Crabbe.
1754–1832. |
The Pilgrim |
William Blake.
1757–1827. |
The New Jerusalem |
| The Two Songs |
| Auguries of Innocence |
| Divine Epigrams |
William
Wordsworth.
1770–1850. |
Ode to Duty |
| The Influence of Nature |
| An Evening Voluntary |
| My heart leaps up when I behold |
| It is a beauteous evening, calm and free |
| Written in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge |
| Truth and Change |
| Childhood and Age |
Samuel Taylor
Coleridge.
1772–1834. |
The Nativity |
| To his Child |
| On his Baptismal Birthday |
| Joy |
Reginald Heber.
1783–1826. |
Praise |
Hartley Coleridge.
1796–1849. |
The Just shall live by Faith |
| Prayer: I. There is an awful quiet in the air |
| II. Be not afraid to pray—to pray is right |
John Keble.
1792–1866. |
The Winter Thrush |
| The Watch by Night |
| Holy Baptism |
| Angels and Children |
| The Waterfall |
| The Voice of Nature |
| Prevenient Grace |
| Loneliness |
| Sowing and Reaping |
| The Power of Prayer |
| Penance |
| The Burial of the Dead |
Felicia Dorothea
Hemans.
1793–1835. |
De Profundis |
John Henry
Newman.
1801–1890. |
The Elements |
| Light in the Darkness |
| Deeds not Words |
| Chastisement |
| Separation of Friends |
| A Voice from Afar |
| Waiting for the Morning |
Richard Hurrell
Froude.
1803–1836. |
New and Old Self |
| Weakness of Nature |
John Sterling.
1806–1844. |
When up to nightly skies we gaze |
Richard
Chenevix Trench.
1807–1886. |
The Kingdom of God |
| Not thou from us, O Lord, but we |
| Lord, many times I am aweary quite |
| A genial moment oft has given |
| Lines written after hearing some beautiful singing in a Convent Church at Rome |
| The Holy Eucharist |
| Prayer |
| Couplets |
Alfred Lord
Tennyson.
1809–1892. |
Immortality |
| Will |
| On a Mourner |
| Crossing the Bar |
Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
1809–1861. |
Heaven and Earth |
| Work |
| Bereavement |
| Substitution |
| The Prospect |
Robert Browning.
1812–1889. |
The Guardian Angel |
| The Boy and the Angel |
| The Creator’s Joy |
Frederick
William Faber.
1814–1863. |
The Sorrowful World |
| Sunday |
| Low Spirits |
Thomas Toke
Lynch.
1818–1871. |
Stars |
| Prayer |
| Inconstancy |
Charles Kingsley.
1819–1875. |
A Nun’s Song |
| A Mother’s Song |
Arthur Hugh
Clough.
1819–1861. |
“Old things need not be therefore true” |
| Say not, the struggle nought availeth |
| Where lies the land to which the ship would go? |
Matthew Arnold.
1822–1888. |
Desire |
| Morality |
Thomas
Blackburne.
1821–1859. |
An Easter Hymn |
Coventry Patmore.
1823–1896. |
Magna est Veritas |
| Remembered Grace |
| Victory in Defeat |
| The Toys |
| “Let be!” |
Dora Greenwell.
1821–1882. |
In Spring the green leaves shoot |
| The Lesson |
| One Friend |
Christina Georgina
Rossetti.
1830–1894. |
A New and Old Year Song |
| From House to Home |
| “The Will of the Lord be done” |
| “That where I am, there ye may be also” |
| Sooner or later: yet at last |
| A chill blank world. Yet over the utmost sea |
| O foolish soul! to make thy count |
| “A Vain Shadow” |
Frederic William
Henry Myers.
1843–1901. |
S. Paul speaks |
Gerard Manley
Hopkins.
1844–1889. |
Barnfloor and Winepress |
| God’s Grandeur |
| Heaven Haven |
| Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice |
| Hymn |
| Spring and Fall |
Digby
Mackworth-Dolben.
1848–1867. |
The Shrine |
| A Song of the New Jerusalem |
| Requests |
Robert Louis
Stevenson.
1850–1894. |
The Celestial Surgeon |
| The House Beautiful |
George
MacDonald.
1824–1905. |
Longing |
Edward Dowden.
1843–1913. |
Ah, that sharp thrill through all my frame! |
| A speaker to God |
Robert Bridges.
1844–1930. |
Joy |
| Since to be loved endures |
| When I see childhood on the threshold seize |
| These meagre rhymes which a returning mood |
| Pater Noster |
| Laus Deo |
Francis Thompson.
1859–1907. |
The Hound of Heaven |
| Anonymous. |
Dominus illuminatio mea |
