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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The blood of martyrs, living still,

Makes the ground pregnant where it flows,

And for their temporary ill

Thereon eternal triumph grows.

J. A. Heraud.

Thy children, even as martyrs perished:

Those first-loved fruits that sprang from thee,

From which thy heart was doomed to sever,

In praise of God, shall bloom for ever,

Unhurt, untouched, by tyranny.