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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—Walls of brass resist not

A noble undertaking—nor can vice

Raise any bulwark to make good a place

Where virtue seeks to enter.

Fletcher.

Eternal Spirit! Thou who think’st not scorn

To make thyself a lowly habitant

In the mean cottage of the human breast

When purity has been thy harbinger:

Come then, and lead the virtues in Thy train;