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 night is mother of the day,

The winter of the spring,

And ever, upon old decay,

The greenest mosses cling.

Behind the cloud the star-light lurks,

Through showers the sunbeams fall;

For God, who loveth all His works,

Hath left His Hope with all.

J. G. Whittier.

The world may change from old to new,