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 dead all round us lie;

By day and night the death-bell tolls,

And says, “Prepare to die!”

The loving ones we love the best,

Like music all are gone!

And the wan moonlight bathes in rest

Their monumental stone.

But not when the death-prayer is said,

The life of life departs;

The body in the grave is laid,