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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In the human breast there dwell

Warring passions fierce and dark,

Making of their home a hell,

Of the soul a driving bark

On a wild tempestuous sea,

Till too oft ’tis wrecked and driven

Far away, far away!

Hear the pitying angels say—

Soul so lost, and tempest-tost,

Upon hell and death’s bleak coast,