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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And this ethereal quintessence of Heaven

Flew upward, spirited with various forms,

That rolled orbicular, and turned to stars

Numberless, as thou seest, and how they move:

Each had his place appointed, each his course.

Milton.

At His birth, a star

Unseen before in Heaven, proclaims Him come,

And guides the eastern sages, who inquire

His place, to offer incense, myrrh, and gold,