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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O extreme of sweet desire!

Spread thy bright, thy gentle flame,

Swift o’er all my mental frame.

Sweet affections flow from hence,

Sweet above the joys of sense;

Let me thus for ever be,

Full of gladness, full of thee.

Parnel.

Precious are the kind affections

Which around this life entwine,