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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In its vain yearnings o’er the unconscious bier,)

A hope upspringing clear

From those majestic tidings of the morn,

Which lit the living way to all of woman born.

Mrs. Hemans.

When by a good man’s grave I muse alone,

Methinks an angel sits upon the stone;

Like those of old, on that thrice-hallowed night,

Who sat and watched in raiment heavenly bright;

And with a voice inspiring joy, not fear,