John Keble quotes

The deeds we do, the words we say, Into still air they seem to fleet; We count them ever past; But they shall last - In the dread judgment they And we shall meet. (John Keble)
Love masters agony; the soul that seemed Forsaken feels her present God again And in her Father's arms Contented dies away. View quote
John Keble
Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die? Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh. View quote
John Keble
Abide with me from morn til eve, For without Thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. View quote
John Keble
The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask. View quote
John Keble
Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near; Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. View quote
John Keble
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. View quote
John Keble
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. View quote
John Keble
T is sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store. View quote
John Keble
As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet. View quote
John Keble