'The Call of David' is one of Newman's poems from
Lyra Apostolica, 'a collection of 179 sacred poems, published 1836, contributed originally to the
British Magazine'. The poems, by six authors associated with the Oxford Movement, were first published anonymously. (Source: '
Lyra Apostolica'.
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Eds. Drabble, Margaret, Jenny Stringer, and Daniel Hahn. : Oxford University Press, 2007. Oxford Reference. 2007. Date Accessed 13 October 2014.)