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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Pride, of a growth superior to the rest,

The subtlest serpent, with the loftiest crest,

Swells at the thought, and, kindling into rage,

Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage.

Cowper.

Pride, self-adoring pride, was primal cause

Of all sin past, all pain, all woe to come.

Pollok.

Hate, unbelief, and blasphemy of God,

Envy and slender, malice and revenge,