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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Christ, when he died,

Denied the cross,

And on death’s side,

Threw all the loss:

The captive world awak’d and found

The prisoners loose, the jailor bound.

O dear and sweet dispute,

’Twixt death’s and love’s far different fruit,

Different as far