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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“And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer

Before all temples, the upright heart and pure,

Instruct me, for Thou know’st: Thou from the first

Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread

Dove-like sat’st brooding on the vast abyss,

And mad’st it pregnant. What in me is dark

Illumine; what is low, raise and support;

That to the height of this great argument

I may assert eternal Providence,

And justify the ways of God to men.”