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 bee for himself hath gathered and toiled,

But the mother’s cares are all for her child.

Hast thou gone with the traveller Thought afar—

From pole to pole, and from star to star?

Thou hast—but on ocean, earth, and sea,

The heart of a mother has gone with thee.

There is not a grand, inspiring thought,

There is not a truth by wisdom taught,

There is not a feeling pure and high,

That may not be read in a mother’s eye.