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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Day after day, in her first years,

Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee,

What far, far deeper need have we?

How hardly if she win not heaven,

Will our wild errors be forgiven?

N. P. Willis.

When on the fragrant sandal tree

The woodman’s axe descends,

And she who bloomed so beauteously

Beneath the keen stroke bends—