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 weakness o’er my spirit steals,—

Grateful I hear the kind decree,

That “as my day, my strength shall be.”

When, with sad footstep, memory roves

’Mid smitten joys, and buried loves,—

When sleep my tearful pillow flies,

And dewy morning drinks my sighs,—

Still to Thy promise, Lord, I flee,

That “as my day, my strength shall be.”

One trial more must yet be past,