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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Like fiery steed—from stage to stage,

He bears us on from youth to age;

Then plunges in the fearful sea

Of fathomless eternity.

Knox.

Time, as he courses onwards, still unrolls

The volume of concealment. In the future,

As in the optician’s glassy cylinder,

The undistinguishable blots and colours

Of the dim past collect and shape themselves,