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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Or when shall be thy last!

By thee high thrones to earth are flung—

By thee the sword and sceptre rust—

By thee the beautiful and young

Lie mouldering in the dust.

Into thy cold and faded reign

All glorious things of earth depart;

The fairest forms are early slain,

And quenched the fiery heart.

But in yon world thou hast not been,