Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By John Keble (17921866)The Power of Prayer
THINK ye the spires that glow so bright, | |
In front of yonder setting sun, | |
Stand by their own unshaken might? | |
No—where th’ upholding grace is won | |
We dare not ask, nor Heaven would tell; | 5 |
But sure from many a hidden dell, | |
From many a rural nook unthought of there, | |
Rises for that proud world the saints’ prevailing prayer. | |