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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Thanks for the maiden’s bloom,

For the sad prison’s gloom;

And for the sadder tomb,

E’en as for heaven!

Great God thy will be done,

When the soul’s rivers run

Down the worn cheeks,

Done when the righteous bleed,

When the wrong’d vainly plead,

Done in the mended deed,