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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Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun,

Before the heav’ns thou wert, and at the voice

Of God, as with a mantle, did’st invest

The rising world of waters dark and deep,

Won from the void and formless infinite!

Milton.

He that hath light within his own clear breast,

May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day;

But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts,