Midway Through THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE - poem

Lawrence Hall, HSG
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Midway Through
The Oxford Book of Christian Verse

O, oh, ah, ah me!

Wand’ring, ling’ring, confin’d, lock’d, undiscover’d
Own’d, enthron’d, flow’ring, and perplex’d
Tho’, fetter’d, hallow’d, spread’st, leav’st,
    vouchsaf’st, ‘midst
Th’eternal, th’unwearied, t’express, pass’d

Slipp’ry, congeal’d, ‘twere, ev’ry, hurl’d, triumph’d
‘Twas, sinn’d, cleans’d, ‘bove, astonish’d, t’expire,
     bid’st, o’er
Scatter’d, hugg’d, bow’d, summ’d, e’er, fill’d,
     disappear’d
Bow’r, flourish’d, heav’n, anger’d, dissol’vd,
     wither’d, stain’d

Hark!

O antic scriv’ner, huddled in your cowl
Coulds’t I purchase a gross or two of vow’l?