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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With whose thick orchard blooms the soft winds play,

Send out their inmates in a happy flow,

Like a freed vernal stream. I may not tread

With them those pathways—to the feverish bed

Of sickness bound—yet oh my God! I bless

Thy mercy, that with Sabbath peace hath filled

My chastening heart, and all its throbbings stilled

To one deep calm of lowliest thankfulness.

Mrs. Hemans.