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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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself

Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years:

But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,

Unhurt amidst the war of elements,

The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds!

Addison.

For from the birth

Of mortal man, the sovereign Maker said,

That not in humble, nor in brief delight,

Not in the fading echoes of renown,