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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At length came gleaming through the thicket-shade

Helmet and casque, and a steel-armed band

Watched round the sepulchre in solemn stand.

The night-word passed, from man to man convey’d;

And I could see those women rise and go

Under the dark trees, moving sad and slow.

Henry Alford.

Hark from the tomb a doleful sound,

My ears attend the cry;

Ye living men come view the ground,