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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Brought death into the world, and all our woe,

With loss of Eden, till one greater Man

Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,

Sing Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top

Of Oreb or of Sinai, didst inspire

That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed

In the beginning, how the heavens and earth

Rose out of Chaos. Or if Sion hill

Delight thee more, and Siloa’s brook that flow’d

Fast by the oracle of God; I thence