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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Beauty;—may that of holiness be mine;

May power be given me to o’ercome the world;

For pleasure, may I have a hand to pour

The oil and wine upon another’s wound!

For honour, may I bear my Saviour’s cross;

For splendour, light that from His follower beams;

And be my glory His approving smile;

My fame, the world’s reproaches for His sake;

My wealth, a conscience where no rust corrodes—