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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A gentle sigh may rend, and then display

The broad full splendour of an endless day.

—This bright conviction elevates his mind,

He presses forward, leaving all behind.

Thus from his throne the tyrant foe is hurl’d—

This is the Faith that overcomes the world.

Jane Taylor.

Thou ask’st why Christ so lenient to the deed,

So sternly claims the Faith which founds the creed;

Because, reposed in Faith, the soul has calm;