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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Thus, in the hour of vengeance, God, who knows

His servants, spares them, while He smites His foes.

James Montgomery.

Sunk beneath the wave,

The guilty share an universal grave;

One wilderness of waters rolls in view,

And heaven and ocean wear one turbid hue;

Still stream unbroken torrents from the skies,

Higher, beneath, the inundations rise;