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.

by Unknown

Like genial dew, like fertile showers,

The words of wisdom fall,

Awaken man’s unconscious powers,

Strength out of weakness call;

Like morning beams they strike the mind,

In loveliness reveal;

And softer than the evening wind,

The wounded spirit heal.

As dew and rain, as light and air,

From heaven Instruction came,