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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Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen,

To temper the deceitful ray;

And oh, when stoops in Judah’s path,

In shade and storm, the frequent night,

Be Thou long-suffering, slow to wrath,

A burning and a shining light.

Sir Walter Scott.

O light, thy subtle essence who may know?

—Ask not, for all things but myself I show.

J. Montgomery.