Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Robert Bridges (1844–1930)Pater Noster
| ETERNAL FATHER, who didst all create, | |
| In whom we live and to whose bosom move, | |
| To all men be Thy name known which is Love, | |
| Till its loud praises sound at heaven’s high gate. | |
| Perfect Thy kingdom in our passing state, | 5 |
| That here on earth Thou mayst as well approve | |
| Our service as Thou ownest theirs above, | |
| Whose joy we echo and in pain await. | |
| Grant body and soul each day their daily bread: | |
| And should in spite of grace fresh woe begin, | 10 |
| Even as our anger soon is past and dead | |
| Be Thy remembrance mortal of our sin: | |
| By Thee in paths of peace Thy sheep be led, | |
| And in the vale of terror comforted. | |