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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Of her destroyer.

Beaumont and Fletcher.

To destruction, sacred and devote,

He with his whole posterity must die.

Milton.

Thus saith the righteous Lord,

My vengeance shall unsheath the flaming sword,

O’er all thy realms my fury shall be poured.

Where yon proud city stood,

I’ll spread the stagnant flood!