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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Bewildered once, must he bewail his loss

For ever and for ever? No—the cross!

There, and there only, (though the Deist rave,

And Atheist, if earth bear so base a slave;)

There, and there only, is the power to save.

There no delusive hope invites despair;

No mockery meets you, no delusion there;

The spells and charms that blinded you before,

All vanish there, and fascinate no more.

Cowper.