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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A host of restless phantoms chase,—

Why mourn for those who rest?

We mourn for those who sin,

Bound in the tempter’s snare,

Whom syren pleasure beckons in

To prisons of despair,

Whose hearts, by whirlwind passions torn,

Are wrecked on folly’s shore,—

But why in sorrow should we mourn

For those who sin no more?