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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Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,

As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,

Thy figure floats along.

Thou’rt gone, th’ abyss of heaven

Hath swallowed up thy form; yet in my heart

Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given,

And shall not soon depart.

He who, from zone to zone

Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,

In the long way that I must tread alone,