Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . kindof reading ultimately pleasant or and Dissenters have been min-gled together, and most opposite viewshave been placed perhaps side by side, asif verse might be a veil for inconsistency,and as if poetry itself were intended onlyto excite the fancy and indulge the imagi-nation, without any care to convey posi-tive and consistent truth. It has been onechief aim of this work to avoid that sort oferror ; and, as a first step towards securinguniformity of creed, none but the writingsof Churchmen have been consu
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . kindof reading ultimately pleasant or and Dissenters have been min-gled together, and most opposite viewshave been placed perhaps side by side, asif verse might be a veil for inconsistency,and as if poetry itself were intended onlyto excite the fancy and indulge the imagi-nation, without any care to convey posi-tive and consistent truth. It has been onechief aim of this work to avoid that sort oferror ; and, as a first step towards securinguniformity of creed, none but the writingsof Churchmen have been consulted. Greatcare and pains have been taken to searchinto the works of some earlier poets, little ADVERTISEMENT. Vll known at present, but who may yet besupposed to have written what well de-serves, both for sentiment and expression,to be read and studied in an after age. The thanks of the selector are here of-fered to such as have kindly assisted inthis undertaking, and especially to thosewho have added so much value to the workby their original
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