Excerpt from Sacred Songs
I was originally much exercised as to what title I ought to give these verses collectively. The difficulty arose from the desire to avoid pretentiousness by seeming to claim for them more than they aspire to be. I decided that, in point of form, their distinctive feature was a varied rhythmicalness, and therefore I called them "Sacred Songs." The subject-matter was suggested by Scriptural texts, but there was no attempt to classify or systematise: I simply followed the impression of the moment and endeavoured to express the sentiment in its appropriate cadence.
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