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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Shortens the destined number; every pulse

Beats a short moment of the pain away,

And the last stroke will come. By swift degrees

Time sweeps us off, and soon we shall arrive

At life’s sweet period. Celestial point

That ends this mortal story.

Watts.

We grieve to think our eyes no more

That form, those features loved, shall trace.

But sweet it is from memory’s store