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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When o’er the green undeluged earth,

Heaven’s covenant thou didst shine,

How came the world’s grey fathers forth,

To watch thy sacred sign!

And when the yellow lustre smiled

O’er mountains yet untrod,

Each mother held aloft her child,

To bless the bow of God.

Methinks, thy jubilee to keep,

The first-made anthem rang