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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To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark

And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high,

Even like past moments in eternity.

From the Russian.

With thee, serene Philosophy, with thee

And thy bright garland, let me crown my song!

Effusive source of evidence and truth!

A lustre shedding o’er the ennobled mind

Stronger than summer noon; and pure as that