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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Milton.

’Tis nothing thou hast given; then add thy tears

For a long race of unrepenting years;

’Tis nothing yet, yet all thou hast to give;

Then add those may-be years thou hast to live;

Yet nothing still; then poor and naked come;

Thy Father will receive his unthrift home,

And thy blest Saviour’s blood discharge the mighty sum.

Dryden.

Look humbly upward, see His will disclose