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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Summons the buried to a happier birth;

But, in Time’s furrow duly scattering,

Think’st thou how deeds, by wisdom sown, may be

Silently ripen’d for eternity?

Schiller.

Up! ’tis no dreaming time! Awake! Awake!

For He who sits on the high Judge’s seat,

Doth in His record mark each wasted hour,

Each idle word. Take heed thy shrinking soul