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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All dim and visionary, mean and desolate,

A mingled joy and grief

Fills all my soul with dark solicitude;

I find a short relief

In tears, whose torrents rude

Roll down my cheeks, or thoughts which then intrude.

Thou bright, sublime abode!

Temple of light, and beauty’s fairest shrine:

My soul! a spark of God,

Aspiring to thy seats divine,