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 gaze, and wonder, and adore!

Doth it not speak to every sense,

The marvels of Omnipotence?

Seest thou not there the Almighty name

Inscribed in characters of flame?

Count o’er those lamps of quenchless light,

That sparkle through the shades of night;

Behold them!—can a mortal boast

To number that celestial host?

Mark well each little star, whose rays