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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Cowper.

SHADE—SHADOW.

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.—Job, viii. 9.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.—Psalm xci. 1.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth.—Psalm cix. 23.

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.—Psalm cxxi. 5.

It is a dial—which points out

The sunset as it moves about,

And shadows out in lines of night