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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Is not a single, independent act,

But one great system; that, perchance, involved

In the one only greater, God’s high law

Pervading and supporting every part

Of the stupendous universe: to thee,

Dark are the system’s limits; nay, the whole

To thee unknown, save some minuter spots,

Displayed to show the parts thou hast to act

In the alarming scene.

John Hey.