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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Thomson.

What is this mighty breath, ye sages, say,

That in a powerful language, felt, not heard,

Instructs the fowls of Heaven?

What but God!

Inspiring God! whose boundless spirit all

And unremitting energy pervades,

Adjusts, sustains, and agitates the whole.

Thomson.

Like an unfledged hungry bird, that in its nest