They walk in the city / that they have builded, / The city of God / from evil shielded. —Epigram
The Spirit of Man: An Anthology In English & French From the Philosophers & Poets made by the Poet Laureate in 1915 & dedicated by gracious permission to His Majesty The King Edited by Robert Bridges Created in the darkness of the Great War, Bridges collects a book of lights from the literature of his nation and its allies.
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C ONTENTSBibliographic Record Preface
LONDON, NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN & Co., 1916
I. Nos. 1–65 . Dissatisfaction — Retirement — Spiritual Desire — Idea of God — Spiritual Love & Praise. II. Nos. 66–208 . The Muses — Beauty is Truth — Fairyland — Romance — Childhood — Ideal Love — Nature — Spring & Lovers — Youth & Age. III. Nos. 209–341 . Mortality — Melancholy — Sorrow — Sin — Ethics & Conduct — Philosophies & Humanities. IV. Nos. 342–449 . Lovingkindness — Sympathies — Christian Charity — Myths — Christian Virtue — Vocation & Active Virtue — Social Virtue & Freedom — Heroism — The Happy Warrior — Life in Death — The Heavenly Kingdom.
