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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He that uttereth a slander, is a fool.—Proverbs, x. 18.

That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect;

For slander’s mark was ever yet the fair;

So thou be good, slander doth but approve

Thy worth the greater.

Shakspere.

’Tis slander,

Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue

Out-venoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath

Rides on the posting wind, and doth belie