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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All years are like, yet no one like another;

Sons of one sire, yet no one like his brother;

All use one language, yet the tales they tell

Speak now of earth, anon of heaven and hell.

They all are sent,

With kind intent,

The messengers of God, the loving Father,

To tell his weeping children, that his eye

Watches their sorrows from his world on high,

Where, near himself, he means them all to gather;