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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Though life seem one uncomfortable void,

Guilt at thy heels, before thy face despair;

Yet, gay this scene, and light this load of woe,

Compared with thy hereafter.

Bishop Porteus.

But, God be thanked! there are moments, when

Man, subdued by nature’s mightiest powers,

Thinks even his purer self the sport of waves.

In such like moments ’tis the Godhead shows us

The distance ’twixt itself and us,—chastises