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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From the word of Omnipotent God;

And the elements fashioned his footstool the earth,

And the Heavens his holy abode:

And his Spirit moved over the fathomless flood

Of waters that fretted in darkness around,

Until at his bidding, their turbulent mood

Was hushed to a calm, and obedient they stood

Where he fixed their perpetual bound.

From the work of creation, which rose by his word,

When finished the heavens and the earth;