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About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http://books.google.com/ 1 HOURS OF SORROW . • • HOURS OF SORROW·--- CHEERED AND COMFORTED._ BY THE AVTHOR OF "HYMNS FOR A WEEK.'' "Weep with them that weep.''-Rox.,., :di. 10. "Amid m7 lilt of bleulngo lnftnlte, 8tand t.hll the foremOlt-that my heart bu bled."-Yov1m./4.--:,, 1~;. ..'I'' ; . ....-:.1 ,f'oartf)l!bttton. LONDON: CHARLESHASELDEN, 21, WIGMORESTREET. M,DCCC,XLIX, .. CONTENTS. P.LGE To the Reader •.•••••..•..••••• , • . • • • • . • • 1 Sonnet on the Harp • • .. .. • • • • .. .. .. .. • • . • 8 Invocation of the Holy Spirit •••..•. , • • . • . 4, The Minstrel • • .. • • • • • .. .. • .. .. • • .. • .. • • • • • 6 Address to Sorrow ... , ••• , ••••••••••• , • • . • • 7 To a Mourner •••. , •••••• , •••••• , , • . • • • • • • . • 10 The Wanderer .... ., .. .. • . • • .. .. .. • • • • . 18 The Contrite Heart.......................... 14 The lEolian Harp •• .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 St. Mathew v. 4, , , •••••••• , ••••••••••••••• , , 18 Retrospection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 The Valley of Tears ............... , .... , • , • 21 The Skylark •• , ••••••••••••••• , , •••••• , • • • 26 The Moon over the Sea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 27 On Sacred Music ...... , •• , •• , • , ..... , , .. .. • • 29 On the same Subject ••• , • , • , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 82 Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow .. .. .. .. .. • • .. .. 88 The Requiem ••••••.•••••••• , , , , , , , . , , , , • • . 87 On Noah's Dove : a Similitude ..•.••••...•.. , • 40 The Vestal . • . • . .. • . • • . • 4,1 vi. 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P.lOI On a Spring Morning. • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • .. .. .. • • 42 On an Early Violet.......................... 43 The " Still Small Voice" • • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 To the Nightingale.. .. .. .. • . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 .A Search after Happiness .. .. .. • . .. .. .. • .. .. 49 The Hour of Prayer .. .. .. .. .. • . .. .. .. .. 64 .A Prayer at Midnight.. • . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66 "The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter" • • • • 67 Rest for the Weary.. .. • • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 69 To one suffering from Deafness. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 60 On a Frosty Evening • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 62 To an .Aged Christian on his Birth-day •• , • • • • • 63 On the .Anniversary of a Child's Death • • • • • • • • 66 To a Widowed Friend • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • 66 " She goeth unto the Grave to weep there " • • • • 67 From a Dying Child • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 69 To the Evening-Star .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • . .. .. 71 The Christian near his Home • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 73 To one Restless and Unhappy • • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • 76 " My Son, give me thine Heart" • • • • • • .. • • . • • • 78 To a Friend setting out on a J oumey •••• , • , • • • 80 To one bereaved of many Relatives • • . • . • . • . • • 82 The Death-bed of a Christian • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • 83 .A Dream • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 87 A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the night , ••.•••• , . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 91 CONTENTS, vii. !'A.OB On the Death of Two Infants • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 96 Anticipations . • . • . • . • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • . 98 On the words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus ................................ 101 On a Young Friend's Illness .................. 103 On a Restless Night in Illness • . • • • • • • • . • • • . • 106 On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London • • . • . • 106 On an Infant who lived only a few Months • • . • 109 From a Mother to her departed Babe • , ••.••• , . 111 Epitaph • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • . 113 To a bereaved Christian Friend ................ 114 To " the Infant Lyra " • • • • • • • • .. • • • . .. • • • • . • 116 Prayer for the Consecration of Talent , .• , . • • • • • 119 The Pilgrim ........ , ....................... 120 To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • . • • • 122 To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter • • • • 124' To Faith. Written in Illness • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • 126 '• Have I not remembered thee on my Bed? " • • • • 128 To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief • • • • 130 The Widowed Heart • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • . • 131 " Thy will be done " ..••••••••••••••••••••• , 136 Prayer to the Saviour • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • . • • • • • • • 138 On the Midnight preceding Good Friday .••••.. , 140 The Man of Sorrows .•...•......•....•••••.• 142 '' We walk by Faith" . • . • . • . .. • . • • . 145 .... viii CONTENTS. PA.OB '• Be not faithless, but believing " . • • • . • . • . • • • • • 146 Written for one not likely to recover •••••.••• , 147 To one deprived of hearing at Church by Deafnesa 149 " Return unto thy Rest, 0 my Soul I ". • • . • • • • • • 160 On the Anniversary ofa Friend's Death •••..••• 151 "All things are become new" • • . • • • • • . • • • • . • • 163 Thoughts on a Birth-day • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .15/i Lines to a Wanderer ••••••••.•••••• , • • • • • . • • 167 To one who had lost an only Sister ••••••••••• ·• 169 Hymn for a Dying Bed •• , , , , , , , , . , • , , , , , , , , • 161 Prayer for a departing Spirit , •••••••••••••• , , • 162 Hymn of the emancipated Soul.,.,, ••••••• , ••• 16/i A Vision of the Night .................... , . 168 "Now we see through a glass darkly " ••••••••• , 172 "After the fire a still small voice." " Come unto me" •••••••.••.••••• , •••••••••..••••.. 174 " Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" ..•.... , ..••••••.••.•••••••• , ••••. 176 Closing Sonnet ...•.. , •••....•• , • . • • • • • . 17 8 HOURS OF SORROW. TO THE READER, NOT for the gay and thoughtless do I weave These plaintive strains; they have not learned to grieve, Their joyous ,days, mirth, health, and gladness wing; The laughing hours around them dance and sing: The light within their dwellings is not gone ; Their cherished plants no worm has fed upon : These are the few in such a world as this;­ The many scarcely taste the cup of bliss, B 2 TO THE READER. Ere some rude stroke, e'en while its sweets they sip, Dashes it (oft for ever) from their lip. For such, for such alone, I tune my lay ; They feel life's path a rough and thorny way; And, looking sadly round, no longer find Those who shed gladness on the track behind, Strewed it with flowers, ilumed it with their smile, And toil, and care, and sorrow could beguile. These, as they pass along, depressed, forlorn, Suffering from man's neglect, perchance his scorn, Feeling the world no balsam can bestow,