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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Tells the bridegroom sun is nigh;

Nature tunes her joyful lyre,

And the trembling stars retire,

Him the east, in crimson drest,

Ushers, nature’s welcome guest,

And the mountains of the west

Seem to lift their azure heads,

Jealous of the smile he sheds.

Glory, beaming from on high,

Charms devotion’s lifted eye;