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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And all whom I loved there, and who loved me;

When I have put our seas ’twixt them and me,

Put Thou Thy seas betwixt my sins and Thee:

As the tree’s sap doth seek the root below

In winter, in my winter now I go

Where none but Thee, th’ eternal root

Of true love, I may know.

Dr. Donne.

Without Christ all gain is loss,

All hope despair, that stands not on his cross;