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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I must be measured by my soul:

The mind’s the standard of the man.

Watts.

When coldness wraps this suffering clay,

Ah, whither strays the immortal mind?

It cannot die, it cannot stay,

But leaves its darken’d dust behind.

Byron.

The insate mind, but from without supplied,

Languishes on a weak imperfect food;