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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And broken was its pulseless sleep

Before the Everlasting Word!

“Let there be Light!” and listening earth,

With tree, and plant, and flowery sod,

“In the beginning” sprang to birth,

Obedient to the voice of God.

W. H Burleigh.

Heard as each morn relumes the eastern cloud,

Thy voice of holiest comfort cries aloud,

Bidding us rise, the night-like past above,