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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Our souls adore thine awful name;

And bow and tremble while they praise

The Ancient of eternal days.

Thou Lord, with unsurprised survey,

Saw’st nature rising yesterday;

And, as to-morrow, shall thine eye,

See earth and stars in ruin lie.

Doddridge.

In the dark winter of affliction’s hour,

When summer friends and pleasures haste away,