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 bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.—John, vi. 33.

O King of earth, and air, and sea!

The hungry ravens cry to thee;

To thee the scaly tribes that sweep

The bosom of the boundless deep.

Thy bounteous hand with food can bless

The bleak and lonely wilderness;

And thou has taught us, Lord, to pray

For daily bread from day to day.

And O, when through the wilds we roam,