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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John Donne.

Heaven may forgive a crime to penitence,

For Heaven can judge if penitence is true.

Dryden.

While music flows around,

Perfumes, and oils, and wine, and wanton hours;

Amid the roses, fierce repentance rears

Her snaky crest: a quick returning pang

Shoots through the conscious heart.

Thomson.