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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Closing my eventful day,

Let Thy love, O Christ, upon me

Shed its pure and spirit ray.

Up the starry steeps of even,

Let Thy spirit be my guide,

Till in the deathless light of heaven,

Lost to earth, my spirit glide.

There, where daylight ever lingers,

O’er the vernal flower-clad plains,—

There, where morning’s rosy fingers