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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O, it gives plumage to the tardy prayer

That lingers in our lazy, earthly air,

And melts with it to Heaven.

H. H. Milman.

Music, the tender child of rudest times,

The gentle native of all lands and climes;

Who hymns alike man’s cradle and his grave,

Lulls the low cot, or peals along the nave.

Mrs. Norton.