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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We shall never enter there

By looking up and pining.

In one holy, quiet thought,

Heaven to us is nearer brought,

Than in all the radiance bright,

Of a thousand worlds of light.

J. Gostick.

Come to thy lonely bower, thou who dost love

The hour of musing. Come, before the brow

Of twilight darkens, or the solemn stars