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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That life on earth may be the best

In which, by woe, the soul is tried:

For He whose word is ever sure,

Hath said that “Blessed are the Poor.”

H. H. Weld.

If poverty—a bitter medicine—cure

The soul’s distempers, blessed are the poor;

Yea, if ye be Christ’s poor, thrice blessed men are ye.

Thomas McKellar.