Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By William Drummond (15851649)Faith without Works
AS body when the soul has fled, | |
As barren trees decayed and dead, | |
Is faith, a hopeless lifeless thing, | |
If not of righteous deeds the spring. | |
One cup of healing oil and wine, | 5 |
One tear-drop shed on Mercy’s shrine, | |
Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to Thee, | |
Than lifted eye or bended knee. | |