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 silent awe I hail the sacred morn,

Which slowly wakes while all the fields are still;

A soothing calm on every breeze is borne,

A graver murmur gurgles from the rill,

An echo answers softer from the hill,

And softer sings the linnet from the thorn,

The skylark warbles in a tone less shrill:

Hail, light serene! Hail, sacred Sabbath morn!

The rooks float by in silent, airy drove;

The sun a placid yellow lustre shows;