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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Of mercy, and redeeming grace,

How lively are its hues!

In heaven, an amaranthine flower,

On earth, it blossoms but an hour.

Egone.

BLINDNESS.

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind.—Psalm cxlvi. 8.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened.—Isaiah, xxxv. 5.

He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind.—Luke, iv. 18.