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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Thou hast fix’d our arch of refuge

Where the spoilers foot ne’er trod;

For the strength of the hills we bless thee,

Our God, our fathers’ God.

We are watchers of a beacon

Whose lights must never die;

We are guardians of an altar

’Midst the silence of the sky;

The rocks yield founts of courage,

Struck forth as by thy rod;