THE GREEK FATHERS.
-H(BT THE YDRT REV. JOHN- HESEY NEWMAN, D.D.) Let heathens sing thy heathen praise, Fallen Greece ! the thought of holier days In my sad he xrt abides ; For sons of thine in Truth's first hour Were tongues and weapons of His power, Born of the Spirit's fiery shower, Our fathers and our guides. All thine is Clement's varied page ; And Dionysius, ruler sage In days of doubt and pain ; And Origen with eagle eye ; And saintly Basil's ptirpose high To smite Imperial heresy, And cleanse the Altar's stain. From thee the glorious preacher came, With soul of zeal and lips of flame, A court's stern martyr-guest ; And thine, O inexhaustive race ! Was Nazianzen's heaven- taught grace ; And royal-hearted Athanase, With Paul's own mantle blest.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 184, 6 October 1876, Page 6
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127THE GREEK FATHERS. New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 184, 6 October 1876, Page 6
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