Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Syria: Bethany | | Bethany | | John Keble (1792–1866) |
| | (From Advent Sunday)
AND fast beside the olive-bordered way | |
| Stands the blessed home, where Jesus deigned to stay, | |
| The peaceful home, to zeal sincere | |
| And heavenly contemplation dear, | |
| Where Martha loved to wait with reverence meet, | 5 |
| And wiser Mary lingered at Thy sacred feet. | |
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| Still through decaying ages as they glide, | |
| Thou lov’st thy chosen remnant to divide; | |
| Sprinkled along the waste of years | |
| Full many a soft green isle appears: | 10 |
| Pause where we may upon the desert road, | |
| Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode. | | | | |
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