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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FORGETFULNESS.

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?—Psalm xiii. 1.

But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.—Isaiah, xlix. 14, 15.

Behold the inexorable hour at hand!

Behold the inexorable hour forgot!

And to forget it, the chief aim of life;

Though well to ponder it is life’s chief end.

Young.