| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Seed Time Hymn |
| | | John Keble (1792–1866) |
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| LORD, in thy name thy servants plead, | |
| And thou hast sworn to hear; | |
| Thine is the harvest, thine the seed, | |
| The fresh and fading year: | |
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| Our hope, when autumn winds blew wild, | 5 |
| We trusted, Lord, with thee; | |
| And still, now spring has on us smil’d, | |
| We wait on thy decree. | |
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| The former and the latter rain, | |
| The summer sun and air, | 10 |
| The green ear, and the golden grain, | |
| All thine, are ours by prayer. | |
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| Thine too by right, and ours by grace, | |
| The wondrous growth unseen, | |
| The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace, | 15 |
| The love that shines serene. | |
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| So grant the precious things brought forth | |
| By sun and moon below, | |
| That thee in thy new heaven and earth | |
| We never may forego. | 20 |
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