A Pocketful of Sixpences
A Pocketful of Sixpences
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It was, as Cardinal Newman said of it long after he had passed over to another shore, ''the most soothing, tranquillizing, subduing work of the day. If poems can be found to enliven in dejection and to comfort in anxiety, to cool the over-sanguine, to refresh the weary, and to awe the worldly; to instil resignation into the impatient and calmness into the fearful and agitated 8 Digitized by CjOOQ IC 114 A POCKETFUL OF SIXPENCES — they are these." The Christian Year^ as ex- panded in later editi...ons, contains 109 pieces. These had been written at different dates between 18 19 and 1827, and, while uniform in tone and tendency, they exhibit the widest differences in form, manner, and artistic merit Very few of them are hymns in that strict sense of the word which implies a direct address to God, but several end with a verse of that description, so worded as to clinch and epitomize the preceding verses, and all alike are inspired by the most profound and yet childlike devotion. To a gentle and soothing temper and a devotional spirit must be added a third characteristic not less strongly marked.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was, as Cardinal Newman said of it long after he had passed over to another shore, ''the most soothing, tranquillizing, subduing work of the day. If poems can be found to enliven in dejection and to comfort in anxiety, to cool the over-sanguine, to refresh the weary, and to awe the worldly; to instil resignation into the impatient and calmness into the fearful and agitated 8 Digitized by CjOOQ IC 114 A POCKETFUL OF SIXPENCES — they are these." The Christian Year^ as ex- panded in later editi...ons, contains 109 pieces. These had been written at different dates between 18 19 and 1827, and, while uniform in tone and tendency, they exhibit the widest differences in form, manner, and artistic merit Very few of them are hymns in that strict sense of the word which implies a direct address to God, but several end with a verse of that description, so worded as to clinch and epitomize the preceding verses, and all alike are inspired by the most profound and yet childlike devotion. To a gentle and soothing temper and a devotional spirit must be added a third characteristic not less strongly marked.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Russell, George William Erskine, 1853-1919 to read onlineMoreLess
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