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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Smart.

Sublime Philosophy!

Thou are the patriarch’s ladder, reaching heaven,

And bright with beckoning angels; but, alas!

We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams,

By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.

Bulwer.

PILGRIMAGE.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.