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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Herrick.

But desperate is their doom whom doubt has driven

To censure fate, and pious hope forego;

Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven,

Perfection, beauty, life, they never know,

But frown on all who pass, a monument of woe.

Beattie.

Ah! thou knowest not the war of struggling thought

That agitates my soul. I find in all

Some peril still to dread. I choose, and then