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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The royal eagle darteth

On his quarry from the heights,

And the stag that knows no master

Seeks there his wild delights;

But we for thy communion

Have sought the mountain sod;

For the strength of the hills we bless thee,

Our God, our fathers’ God!

Mrs. Hemans.

Look up, my soul, toward the eternal hills;