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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Nor have ye left the world, but still, unseen,

Surround the earth, as guardians of the good,

Inspiring souls, and leading them to heaven;

And oh! when shadows of the state unknown

Advance, and life endures the grasp of death,

’Tis yours to hallow and illume the mind,

The starry wreath to bring, by angels worn,

And crown the spirit for her native sphere.

Robert Montgomery.

Hark! what mean those holy voices,