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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Painfully, too painfully,

It strikes against the heart, that knell,

I cannot bear its tones—they tell

Of misery, of misery!

All that soothed and sweetened life,

In the mother and the wife—

All that would a charm have cast

O’er the future, as the past—

All is torturing in that knell!

Stop, O stop the passing bell!