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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

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things.

And now abideth faith, hope, _charity_, these three; but the greatest
of these is _charity_.--I. Corinthians, xiii. 4, 5, 6, 7, 13.

Above all these things put on _charity_, which is the bond of
perfectness.--Colossians, iii. 14.

Now the end of the commandment is _charity_.--I. Timothy, i. 5.

Above all things have fervent _charity_ among yourselves; for _charity_
shall cover the multitude of sins.--I. Peter, iv. 8.


                      Attain the sum
    Of Wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars
    Thou knew’st by name, and all the ethereal powers,
    All secrets of the deep, all Nature’s works,
    Or works of God in heaven, air, earth, and sea,
    And all the riches of the world enjoyedst,
    And all the rule, one empire; only add
    Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith,
    Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love,
    By name to some called _charity_, the soul
    Of all the rest.
                                              _Milton._


    Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
    Than ever man pronounced, or angel sung;
    Had I all knowledge, human and divine,
    That thought can reach, or Science can define:
    And had I power to give that knowledge birth
    In all the speeches of the babbling earth;
    Did Shadrach’s zeal my glowing breast inspire,
    To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire:
    Or had I faith like that which Israel saw,
    When Moses gave them miracles and law;
    Yet gracious _Charity_, indulgent guest,
    Were not thy power exerted in my breast,
    Those speeches would send up unheeded prayer,
    That scorn of life would be but wild despair;
    A tymbal’s sound were better than my voice;
    My faith were form; my eloquence were noise.

           *       *       *       *       *

    Each other gift, which God on man bestows,
    Its proper bounds and due restriction knows,
    To one fixt purpose dedicates its power,
    And finishing its act, exists no more.
    Thus in obedience to what heaven decrees,
    Knowledge shall fail, and prophecy decrease,
    But lasting _Charity’s_ more ample sway,
    Ne’er bound by time, nor subject to decay,
    In happy triumph shall for ever live,
    And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive.
                                                  _Prior._

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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

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things.

And now abideth faith, hope, _charity_, these three; but the greatest
of these is _charity_.--I. Corinthians, xiii. 4, 5, 6, 7, 13.

Above all these things put on _charity_, which is the bond of
perfectness.--Colossians, iii. 14.

Now the end of the commandment is _charity_.--I. Timothy, i. 5.

Above all things have fervent _charity_ among yourselves; for _charity_
shall cover the multitude of sins.--I. Peter, iv. 8.


                      Attain the sum
    Of Wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars
    Thou knew’st by name, and all the ethereal powers,
    All secrets of the deep, all Nature’s works,
    Or works of God in heaven, air, earth, and sea,
    And all the riches of the world enjoyedst,
    And all the rule, one empire; only add
    Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith,
    Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love,
    By name to some called _charity_, the soul
    Of all the rest.
                                              _Milton._


    Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
    Than ever man pronounced, or angel sung;
    Had I all knowledge, human and divine,
    That thought can reach, or Science can define:
    And had I power to give that knowledge birth
    In all the speeches of the babbling earth;
    Did Shadrach’s zeal my glowing breast inspire,
    To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire:
    Or had I faith like that which Israel saw,
    When Moses gave them miracles and law;
    Yet gracious _Charity_, indulgent guest,
    Were not thy power exerted in my breast,
    Those speeches would send up unheeded prayer,
    That scorn of life would be but wild despair;
    A tymbal’s sound were better than my voice;
    My faith were form; my eloquence were noise.

           *       *       *       *       *

    Each other gift, which God on man bestows,
    Its proper bounds and due restriction knows,
    To one fixt purpose dedicates its power,
    And finishing its act, exists no more.
    Thus in obedience to what heaven decrees,
    Knowledge shall fail, and prophecy decrease,
    But lasting _Charity’s_ more ample sway,
    Ne’er bound by time, nor subject to decay,
    In happy triumph shall for ever live,
    And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive.
                                                  _Prior._

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

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