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 glorious sun is gone,

And the gathering darkness of night comes on.

Like a curtain from God’s kind hand it flows,

To shade the couch where His children repose.

Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright,

And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night.

Henry Ware, Jun.

And still as day concludes in night

To break again with new-born light,