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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The promise of the fruitful year,

When God abroad his bounty flings,

And answering nature laughs and sings!

He, “for the evil and the good,”

For them, who with heart’s gratitude,

For them, who thanklessly receive

The blessings He vouchsafes to give,

Bids from his storehouse in the skies,

“His rain descend, his sun arise.”

Mant.