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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Ford.

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour,

Improve each moment as it flies;

Life’s a short summer,—man a flower;

He dies—alas! how soon he dies!

Dr. Johnson.

Hark! What petty pulses, beating,

Spring new moments into light;

Every pulse, its stroke repeating,

Sends its moment back to night;