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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When, like the baseless fabric of a dream,

Earth’s unsubstantial glories pass away,

He then shall stand, acknowledged Lord supreme.

My blest Redeemer lives.—Though death the head

Consign, a victim to the silent tomb;

Though worms around my lifeless body spread,

Though noisome worms these mouldering limbs consume,

Triumphant still o’er Satan’s power I rise,

My God, my God appears, and wakes these languid eyes.

Samuel Hayes.