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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Thy deep and wondrous ways,

Words sink far, far below

Thy due reward of praise.

From the Greek of Synesius.

O! while thy sinful soul can cast

Sin’s robes away—redeem the past,

If not in deeds, in words to praise thy Maker haste.

In sacred hymns employ the day,

In praises pass the night away;

And let the martyrs’ praise attune the willing lay.