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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While to the short-lived, momentary joy,

Succeeds a train of woes—an age of torment.

Frowde.

A wrong avenged is doubly perpetrated;

Two sinners stand, where lately stood but one.

Thomas McKeller.

Why should man

For a hasty syllable or two,

And vented only in forgetful fury,

Chain all the hopes and riches of his soul