That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. The Presbyterian Quarterly Review - Page 217edited by - 1857Full view - About this book
| Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...which the devotion of the rich and great are often accompanied, in the following beautiful lines : " Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride^ In...When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The Pow'r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the... | |
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