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 corners of the world; kings, queens, and states,

Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave,

The viperous slander enters.

Shakspere.

Slander lives upon succession,

For ever housed when once it gets possession.

Shakspere.

Imperfect mischief!

Thou, like an adder, venomous and deaf,

Hast stung the traveller, yet hear’st