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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As a great clerk, and reach the highest stature;

Thus dost thou make proud knowledge bend and crouch,

While grace fills up uneven nature.

Faith makes me any thing, or all

That I believe is in the sacred story;

And when sin placeth me in Adam’s fall,

Faith sets me higher in his glory.

George Herbert.

From purer manners to sublimer faith,

Is nature’s unavoidable ascent;