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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Their magic o’er some yielded soul,

Ah! little do the happy guess

The sum of human wretchedness;

Or dream, amid the soft farewell

That time of them is taking,

How frequent mourns the funeral knell,

What noble heart is breaking,

While myriads to their tombs descend

Without a mourner, creed, or friend!

R. Montgomery.