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 still that light upon the world

Its guiding splendour throws;

Bright in the opening hours of life,

But brighter at the close.

The waning moon in time shall fail

To walk the midnight skies,

But God hath kindled this bright light

With fire that never dies.

W. B. O. Peabody.