These two volumes are contained in a boxed set. The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse is a collection of over 160 poems, ranging from the Anglo-Saxon The Dream of the Rood to the works of modern poets such as T.S.Eliot, W.H.Auden, John Betjeman and John Berryman. The Oxford Book of Prayer is a thoroughly ecumenical selection of more than 1,100 prayers drawn from the Bible, from the work of Christian saints and mystics and from other great religions.