Wathen Mark Wilks Call

Wathen Mark Wilks Call (7 June 1817 – 20 August 1890) was an English freethinker, poet and writer. He was a deacon and priest in the Church of England from 1843 to 1856. Quotes O Lords! O rulers of the nation!O softly clothed! O richly fed!O men of wealth and noble station!Give us our daily bread. "The People's Petition", st. 1; in The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912), no. 230, p. 310 We turn from you, our lords by birth,To Him who is our Lord above;We all are made of the same earth,Are children of one Love.Then, Father of this world of wonders,Judge of the living and the dead,Lord of the lightnings and the thunders,Give us our daily bread! "The People's Petition" sts. 9–10 Golden Histories, &c. (1871) London: Smith, Elder & Co. In summer, when the days were long,We walked, two friends, in field and wood,Our heart was light, our step was strong,And life lay round us, fair as good,In summer, when the days were long. "Summer Days", st. 1 When I have passed a nobler life in sorrow:Have seen rude masses grow to fulgent spheres;Seen how To-day is father of To-morrow,And how the Ages justify the Years,I praise thee, World. "Hymn", st. 10 [variant: 'God' for 'World'] Wakeful I lay all night and thought of God,Of heaven, and of the crowns pale martyrs gain,Of souls in high and purgatorial pain,And the red path which murdered seers have trod. . .But now I let the aching splendour go,I dare not call the crownèd angels peers,Henceforth! I am content to dwell below,Mid common joys, with humble smiles and tears,Delighted in the sun and breeze to grow,A child of human hopes and human fears. "Renunciation" External links Category:1817 births Category:1890 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Translators from England