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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The hallelujahs of the risen God?

Will the faint voice and grovelling song be heard

Amid the seraphim in light divine?

Yes, He will deign, the Prince of Peace will deign

For mercy to accept the hymn of faith,

Low tho’ it be and humble. Lord of life,

The Christ, the Comforter! thine advent now

Fills my uprising soul. I mount, I fly

Far o’er the skies, beyond the rolling orbs;

The bonds of flesh dissolve, and earth recedes,