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.

Give me care,

By thankful patience, to prevent despair:

Fit me to bear whate’er Thou shalt assign;

I kiss the rod, because the rod is Thine.

Francis Quarles.

Patience and resignation are the pillars

Of human peace on earth.

Young.

Like some well-fashioned arch thy patience stood,