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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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.—Genesis, iii. 19.

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.—Job, xxxiv. 15.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.—Ecclesiastes, iii. 20.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.—Ecclesiastes, xii. 7.

Fear no more the frown o’ the great,

Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke:

Care no more to clothe and eat,

To thee the reed is as the oak.

The sceptre, learning, physic, must

All follow this, and come to dust.