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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The sun is a spark from the light of His wisdom;

And the sky a bubble on the sea of His power.

His beauty is free from stain of sin,

Hidden in a veil of thick darkness.

He formed mirrors of the atoms of the world,

And he cast a reflection from His own face on every atom!

To thy clear-seeing eye whatsoever is fair,

When thou regardest it aright, is a reflection from His face.

Jami, from the Persian.

O Thou, whose power o’er moving worlds presides,