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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REFUGE.

The eternal God is thy refuge.—Deuteronomy, xxxiii. 27.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.—Psalm ix. 9.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress.—Psalm xci. 2.

At length life’s stormy voyage well nigh done,

These waves shall toss my fragile bark no more,

But ah! there waits the judge, the unerring one,

Who shall each word, and work, and thought explore.

And is it so? the fantasy is o’er