Who is Richard Chenevix Trench
Richard Chenevix Trench (Richard Trench until 1873; 9 September 1807 – 28 March 1886) was an Anglican archbishop and poet.Life
He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Richard Trench (1774–1860), barrister-at-law, and the Dublin writer Melesina Chenevix (1768–1827). His elder brother was Francis Chenevix Trench. He went to school at Harrow, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829. In 1830 he visited Spain. While incumbent of Curdridge Chapel near Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire, he published (1835) The Story of Justin Martyr and Other Poems, which was favourably received, and was followed in 1838 by Sabbation, Honor Neale, and other Poems, and in 1842 by Poems from Eastern Sources. These volumes revealed the author as the most gifted of the imm...
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- Sonnet 03
Lord, what a change within us one short hour
Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make --
What heavy burdens from our bosoms take,
What parchèd grounds refresh, as with a shower! ... - The Onward Course
Our course is onward, onward into light:
What though the darkness gathereth amain,
Yet to return or tarry both are vain.
How tarry, when around us is thick night? ... - In A Pass Of Bavaria
A sound of many waters!--now I know
To what was likened the large utterance sent
By Him who mid the golden lampads went:
Innumerable streams, above, below, ... - After The Battle
WE crownâ??d the hard-won heights at length,
Baptizâ??d in flame and fire;
We saw the foemanâ??s sullen strength,
That grimly made retireâ?? ... - Sonnet 05
When hearts are full of yearning tenderness,
For the loved absent, whom we can not reach --
By deed or token, gesture or kind speech,
The spirit's true affection to express; ...
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Faithworks24x7: we must not conceive of prayer as an overcoming of god’s unwillingness, but as laying hold of his highest willingness. — richard chenevix trench pray & act decisively, & then release your intentions so god can take care of you in ways that you could not take care of yourself.Walk_daily: none but god can satisfy the longings of the immortal soul; as the heart was made for him, he only can fill it. - richard chenevix trench
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Lwinckles: "prayer is not overcoming god’s reluctance; it is laying hold of his highest willingness." —richard chenevix trench
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