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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And in Thy dreadful agony sweat blood;

Thou who for me, through ev’ry throbbing vein,

Hast felt the keenest edge of mortal pain;

Whom death led captive through the realms below,

And taught those horrid mysteries of woe:

Defend me, O my God! O save me, Power

Of powers supreme, in that tremendous hour!

Young.

Encompass’d with ten thousand ills,

Press’d by pursuing foes,