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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To hasten too, too hasty fates;

Unless it be

The fond credulity

Of silly fish, which, worldling like, still look

Upon the bait, but never on the hook:

Nor envy, unless among

The birds, for prize of their sweet song.

Sir Walter Raleigh.

For every thing contains within itself

The seeds and sources of its own corruption;