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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The carnage moved on, and alone in the vale,

The Shepherd knelt down by the dead in his mail,

And there, with his arm on that still reeking sword,

Poured forth his thanksgiving in prayer to the Lord.

Anon.

DAY.

And God called the light Day.—Genesis, i. 5.

The day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?—Joel, ii. 11.

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.—Matthew, xxiv. 36.