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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Oh, let me ne’er despise;

And should I sit among the great,

Ne’er be my heart with pride elate,

But meekly let me watch and wait

In lowliness of guise.

Egone.

MAN.

In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.—Genesis, v. 1, 2.