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 beams of gladness Hell’s dark caves illume,

And mercy broods above the distant gloom.

Bishop Heber.

Messiah comes! ye rugged paths be plain;

The Shiloh comes, ye towering cedars bend;

Swell forth ye valleys; and, ye rocks descend;

The withered branch let balmy fruits adorn,

And clustering roses twine the leafless thorn;

Burst forth, ye vocal groves, your joy to tell—

The God of Peace redeems His Israel.