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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Each moment brings it near;

Then welcome each declining day!

Welcome each closing year.

Doddridge.

Old time has turn’d another page

Of eternity and truth;

He reads with a warning voice to age,

And whispers a lesson to youth.

A year has fled o’er heart and head

Since last the yule-log burnt;