PAST DAYS. 'Tis strange to think there WAS a time When mirth was not an empty name, When laughter really cheered the heart, And frequent smiles un...
A WORD TO THE "ELECT." You may rejoice to think YOURSELVES secure； You may be grateful for the gift divine—— That grace unsought...
THE DOUBTER'S PRAYER. Eternal Power, of earth and air！ Unseen, yet seen in all around, Remote, but dwelling everywhere, Though silent, heard in ev...
TO COWPER. Sweet are thy strains, celestial Bard； And oft, in childhood's years, I've read them o'er and o'er again, With floods of si...
IF THIS BE ALL. O God！ if this indeed be all That Life can show to me； If on my aching brow may fall No freshening dew from Thee； If with no brighter ...
STANZASER. Oh, weep not, love！ each tear that springs In those dear eyes of thine, To me a keener suffering brings Than if they flowed from mine. And ...
MUSIC ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. Music I love——but never strain Could kindle raptures so divine, So grief assuage, so conquer pain, And rouse t...
THE PENITENT. I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice That thou shouldst sorrow so； With angel choirs I join my voice To bless the sinner's woe. Though...
VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS. In all we do, and hear, and see, Is restless Toil and Vanity. While yet the rolling earth abides, Men come and go li...
THE ARBOUR. I'll rest me in this sheltered bower, And look upon the clear blue sky That smiles upon me through the trees, Which stand so thick clu...