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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Which scatters blessings from its wings

On nations yet unborn.

Barbauld.

Through the vales the breezes sigh;

Twilight opes her bashful eye,

Peeping from the east, she brings

Dew-drops on her dusky wings:

And the lark, with wak’ning lay,

Upsprings, the harbinger of day.

Now behold! the blushing sky