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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Dr. Johnson.

To-morrow then begins the task, you say:

Alas! you’ll act to-morrow as to-day:

What? is one day, (you cry,) too much to ask?

Trust me to-morrow shall commence the task.

But think, ere yet to-morrow’s dawn come on,

Our yesterday’s to-morrow will be gone.

Thus, while the present from the future borrows,

To-morrows slowly creep upon to-morrows,