| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | Magna est Veritas | | By Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) |
| | | HERE 1 in this little bay, | |
| Full of tumultuous life and great repose, | |
| Where twice a day, | |
| The purposeless glad ocean comes and goes, | |
| Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town, | 5 |
| I sit me down. | |
| For want of me the world’s course will not fail; | |
| When all its work is done, the lie shall rot; | |
| The truth is great and shall prevail, | |
| When none cares whether it prevail or not. | 10 |
| | | Note 1. Mr Coventry Patmore courteously allowed me to choose these five poems from “The Unknown Eros” (1877). [back] | | |
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