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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Giles Fletcher.

He that alone would wise and mighty be,

Commands that others love, as well as He.

Love as He loved! how can we soar so high?

He can add wings when He commands to fly.

Nor should we be with this command dismayed,

He that examples gives, will give His aid;

For He took flesh, that where His precepts fail,

His practice as a pattern might prevail.

Waller.