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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Ye venerable groves! whose open glades

Invite the musing wanderer to your shades,

Ye birds! whose honied notes enthral the ear,

Wake the bright morn, the darksome evening cheer,

Ye fountains! murmuring music as ye flow,

Ye flowers! that on their purple margins glow,

Ye winds! that o’er those flowers soft breathing play,

Calm the hot sky, and mitigate the day;—

Take me, O take me to your loved retreats;