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.

by Unknown

Unhappy child! The full-appointed time

Is His to choose; and when the sullen chime

And deep-toned striking of the funeral bell,

Thy fate to earthly ears shall sadly tell,

O! may the death thou talk’st of as a boon,

Find thee prepared, nor come, even then, too soon!

Mrs. Norton.

If no more

From its calmed deeps shall rise the fettered sea,

If Heaven’s fair bow proclaims the peril o’er;