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.

by Unknown

To some lone tuft of gleaming spring flowers wild,

Some fresh-discovered nook for woodland play,

Some secret nest: yet would the solemn word

At times with kindlings of young wonder heard,

Fall on my wakened spirit, there to be

A seed not lost; for which in darker years,

O Book of Heaven! I pour, with grateful tears,

Heart-blessings on the holy dead and thee.

Mrs. Hemans.