A Cyclopaedia Of Poetical Quotations

Author : Henry Gardiner Adams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483436619
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations written by Henry Gardiner Adams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Cyclopaedia 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 As we wished to make our volume entirely un secta/rian in its character, we have endeavoured to avoid the insertion of poems which involve merely doctrinal points. Those grand truths and principles of Christianity on which all denominations of the Saviour's professed followers are agreed, offered ample scope for poetic illustration; and happily we could, alike from the pages of a Milton, a Watts, a Doddridge, a Wesley, a Montgomery, and a Keble, find plenty of matter for our purpose, without enter ing at all upon the thorny paths of controversy. The introduction of Scripture quotations at the head of each subject will, we apprehend, be considered a useful feature of our compilation. As might be expected, the noblest poetry that ever was written is to be found in the inspired volume, and those passages which we have selected therefrom, as specimens of poetic composition alone, will, we apprehend, be considered the true gems of the collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.