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 breathes a benison o’er the sleeping dust.

Into its furrows shall we all be cast,

In the sure faith that we shall rise again

At the great harvest, when the Archangel’s blast

Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain.

Longfellow.

’Tis a blessing to live, but a greater to die,

And the best of the world, is its path to the sky,—

Be it gloomy or bright, for the life that He gave

Let us thank Him—but blessed be God for the grave!