John Keble (1792-1866). Sowing and Reaping. Henry Charles Beeching, ed. 1903. Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse

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Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.

Sowing and Reaping

By John Keble (1792–1866)


WE scatter seeds with careless hand,
And dream we ne’er shall see them more:
But for a thousand years
Their fruit appears
In weeds that mar the land,	5
Or healthful store.

The deeds we do, the words we say,
Into still air they seem to fleet:
We count them ever past,
But they shall last.	10
In the dread judgment they
And we shall meet.