Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge (17721834)On his Baptismal Birthday
GOD’S child in Christ adopted,—Christ my all— | |
What that earth boasts were not lost cheaply rather | |
Than forfeit that blessed name, by which I call | |
The Holy One, the Almighty God, my Father? | |
Father! in Christ we live, and Christ in Thee, | 5 |
Eternal Thou, and everlasting we. | |
The heir of heaven, henceforth I fear not death; | |
In Christ I live! in Christ I draw the breath | |
Of the true life! Let then earth, sea, and sky | |
Make war against me; on my front I show | 10 |
Their mighty Master’s seal. In vain they try | |
To end my life, that can but end its woe. | |
Is that a death-bed where a Christian lies? | |
Yes, but not his—’Tis Death itself there dies. | |