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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.

Religion

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.

Quotations; Religious poetry

The blood of _martyrs_, living still,
      Makes the ground pregnant where it flows,
    And for their temporary ill
      Thereon eternal triumph grows.
                                 _J. A. Heraud._


    Thy children, even as _martyrs_ perished:
      Those first-loved fruits that sprang from thee,
    From which thy heart was doomed to sever,
    In praise of God, shall bloom for ever,
      Unhurt, untouched, by tyranny.
                                             _Vondel._




                               MEEKNESS.


The Lord lifteth up the _meek_.--Psalm cxlvii. 6.

The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the _meek_
with salvation.--Psalm cxlix. 4.

Blessed are the _meek_: for they shall inherit the earth.--Matthew, v.
5.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am _meek_ and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.--Matthew, xi. 29.


    O, what a doctrine of almighty depth
    Messiah founded, when His truth declar’d
    In _meekness_ lies the majesty of man!
    At once the wisdom of the world was dumb,
    And fortune blasted on her throne of bliss.
    The ways of pleasantness, the paths of peace,
    Are dim and narrow, tracks of noiseless gloom
    Which glory flies, and grandeur seldom walks:
    The poor in spirit, and the _meek_ in heart,
    Who thirst and hunger for Thy righteous word.--
    Oh! these are blest, for Thine unerring voice
    Hath call’d them so.
                                    _R. Montgomery._


    Behold! where, in the friend of man,
      Appears each grace divine:
    The virtues, all in Jesus met,
      With mildest radiance shine.

    To spread the rays of heavenly light;
      To give the mourner joy;
    To preach glad tidings to the poor,
      Was His divine employ.

    ’Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn,
      Patient and _meek_ He stood;
    His foes, ungrateful, sought His life;--
      He laboured for their good.
                                   _Enfield._


    _Meek_ souls there are, who little dream
    Their daily strife an angel’s theme;
    And that the end they take so calm,
    Shall prove in heaven a martyr’s palm.
                                      _Anon._




                               MEETING.


And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

And there I will _meet_ with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat.--Exodus, xxv. 21, 22.


    O, when a mother _meets_ on high
    The babe she lost in infancy,
    Hath she not then for pains and fears,
    The day of woe, the watchful night,
    For all her sorrows, all her tears,
    An over-payment of delight?
                                 _Southey._

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Religion

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.

Quotations; Religious poetry

The blood of _martyrs_, living still,
      Makes the ground pregnant where it flows,
    And for their temporary ill
      Thereon eternal triumph grows.
                                 _J. A. Heraud._


    Thy children, even as _martyrs_ perished:
      Those first-loved fruits that sprang from thee,
    From which thy heart was doomed to sever,
    In praise of God, shall bloom for ever,
      Unhurt, untouched, by tyranny.
                                             _Vondel._




                               MEEKNESS.


The Lord lifteth up the _meek_.--Psalm cxlvii. 6.

The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the _meek_
with salvation.--Psalm cxlix. 4.

Blessed are the _meek_: for they shall inherit the earth.--Matthew, v.
5.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am _meek_ and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.--Matthew, xi. 29.


    O, what a doctrine of almighty depth
    Messiah founded, when His truth declar’d
    In _meekness_ lies the majesty of man!
    At once the wisdom of the world was dumb,
    And fortune blasted on her throne of bliss.
    The ways of pleasantness, the paths of peace,
    Are dim and narrow, tracks of noiseless gloom
    Which glory flies, and grandeur seldom walks:
    The poor in spirit, and the _meek_ in heart,
    Who thirst and hunger for Thy righteous word.--
    Oh! these are blest, for Thine unerring voice
    Hath call’d them so.
                                    _R. Montgomery._


    Behold! where, in the friend of man,
      Appears each grace divine:
    The virtues, all in Jesus met,
      With mildest radiance shine.

    To spread the rays of heavenly light;
      To give the mourner joy;
    To preach glad tidings to the poor,
      Was His divine employ.

    ’Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn,
      Patient and _meek_ He stood;
    His foes, ungrateful, sought His life;--
      He laboured for their good.
                                   _Enfield._


    _Meek_ souls there are, who little dream
    Their daily strife an angel’s theme;
    And that the end they take so calm,
    Shall prove in heaven a martyr’s palm.
                                      _Anon._




                               MEETING.


And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

And there I will _meet_ with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat.--Exodus, xxv. 21, 22.


    O, when a mother _meets_ on high
    The babe she lost in infancy,
    Hath she not then for pains and fears,
    The day of woe, the watchful night,
    For all her sorrows, all her tears,
    An over-payment of delight?
                                 _Southey._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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