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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And the scathed heart, made whole,

Turneth in joy above,

To where the spirit freely may expand,

And rove, untrammelled, in that better “land.”

W. D. Gallagher.

Behold the western evening-light!

It melts in deepening gloom;

So calmly Christians sink away,

Descending to the tomb.

The winds breathe low; the withering leaf