It was in 1833 that Keble, by one earnest sermon, with a pure life
at the back of it, and this book that had prepared the way, gave the
direct impulse to an Oxford movement for the reformation of the
Church. The movement then began. But Keble went back to his curacy
at Hursley. Two years afterwards the curate became vicar, and then
Keble married. His after-life continued innocent and happy. He and
his wife died within two months of each other, in the came year,
1866. He had taken part with his friends at Oxford by writing five
of their Tracts, publishing a few sermons that laboured towards the
same end, and editing a "Library of the Fathers." In 1847 he
produced another volume of poems, "Lyra Innocentium," which
associated doctrines of the Church with the lives of children, whom
he loved, though his own marriage was childless.
The power of Keble's verse lies in its truth. A faithful and pure
nature, strong in home affections, full of love and reverence for
all that is of heaven in our earthly lot, strives for the full
consecration of man's life with love and faith. There is no rare
gift of genius.
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