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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Those gloomy doubts that rise,

And see the Canaan that we love,

With unbeclouded eyes.

Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And view the landscape o’er;

Nor Jordan’s streams, nor death’s cold flood,

Should fright us from the shore.

Watts.

On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,

And cast a wishful eye