There is a book, who runs may read

There is a book, who runs may read. John Keble* (1792-1866). Written in 1819, and first published in The Christian Year (1827) for Septuagesima Sunday, prefaced by the quotation ‘The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. Romans i. 20.’ It had 12 verses. Six stanzas were included in the First Edition of A&M (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 12), but all 12 were printed in A&M 1904 and in EH. Other selections of stanzas have been made for other books (e.g. SofP, MHB, HP). The first line is a quotation from Habbakuk 2: 2 (‘Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it’). The book (as...