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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Dryden.

For he that but conceives a crime in thought,

Contracts the danger of an actual fault;

Then what must he expect, that still proceeds

To finish sin, and work up thoughts in deeds?

Dryden.

What if the sinner’s magazines are stored

With the rich spoils that Ophir’s mines afford?

What if he spends his happy days and nights