| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | On his Baptismal Birthday | | By Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | | GOD’S child in Christ adopted,—Christ my all— | |
| What that earth boasts were not lost cheaply rather | |
| Than forfeit that blessed name, by which I call | |
| The Holy One, the Almighty God, my Father? | |
| Father! in Christ we live, and Christ in Thee, | 5 |
| Eternal Thou, and everlasting we. | |
| The heir of heaven, henceforth I fear not death; | |
| In Christ I live! in Christ I draw the breath | |
| Of the true life! Let then earth, sea, and sky | |
| Make war against me; on my front I show | 10 |
| Their mighty Master’s seal. In vain they try | |
| To end my life, that can but end its woe. | |
| Is that a death-bed where a Christian lies? | |
| Yes, but not his—’Tis Death itself there dies. | | | | |
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