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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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;

Words without thoughts never to Heaven go.

Shakspere.

Rise, O my soul, with thy desires to heaven,

And with divinest contemplation use

Thy time, where time’s eternity is given,

And let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse;

But sown in darkness let them lie;

So live the better, let the worst thoughts die!

Sir Walter Raleigh.