A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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SCORN.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.—Psalm i. 1.

The scorner is an abomination to men.—Proverbs, xxiv. 9.

The scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off.—Isaiah, xxix. 20.

Blessed is the man who hath not walked astray

In counsel of the wicked; and i’ the way

Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat

Of scorners hath not sat.

Milton.

Thrice happy he, who shuns the way

That leads ungodly men astray;

Who fears to stand where sinners meet,

Nor with the scorner takes his seat.

The law of God is his delight;

That cloud by day, that fire by night,

Shall be his comfort in distress,

And guide him through the wilderness.

J. Montgomery.

I may not scorn the meanest thing

That on the earth doth crawl;

The slave who dares not burst his chain,

The tyrant in his hall.

The vile oppressor, who hath made

The widowed mother mourn,

Though worthless, he before me stand—

I cannot, dare not scorn.

The darkest night that shrouds the sky,

Of beauty hath a share;

The blackest heart hath signs to tell

That God still lingers there.

I pity all that evil are—

I pity, and I mourn;

But the Supreme hath fashioned all,

And, oh! I dare not scorn.

Robert Nicol.