Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By John Keble (17921866)Sowing and Reaping
WE scatter seeds with careless hand, | |
And dream we ne’er shall see them more: | |
But for a thousand years | |
Their fruit appears | |
In weeds that mar the land, | 5 |
Or healthful store. | |
The deeds we do, the words we say, | |
Into still air they seem to fleet: | |
We count them ever past, | |
But they shall last. | 10 |
In the dread judgment they | |
And we shall meet. | |