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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Grant.

See where yonder cloudlet lingers

On the tranquil verge of day;

The golden sunset with its fingers,

Gilds it with its burnished ray;

Swiftly, calmly, on it glides,

Mingling, melting, into air,

Fainter, fainter—now it hides

In the bosom of its lair.

So I’ve seen the gentle spirit