Poetry: Keble – Ash Wednesday

“Yes—deep within and deeper yet   The rankling shaft of conscience hide,Quick let the swelling eye forget   The tears that in the heart abide.Calm be the voice, the aspect bold,   No shuddering pass o’er lip or brow,For why should Innocence be told   The pangs that guilty spirits bow? “The loving eye that watches thine   Close as …

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