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...
A WORD TO THE "ELECT." You may rejoice to think YOURSELVES secure； You may be grateful for the gift divine—— That grace unsought...
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...
THE CONSOLATION. Though bleak these woods, and damp the ground With fallen leaves so thickly strown, And cold the wind that wanders round With wild an...
LINES COMPOSED IN A WOOD ON A WINDY DAY. My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze； For above and around ...
VIEWS OF LIFE. When sinks my heart in hopeless gloom, And life can show no joy for me； And I behold a yawning tomb, Where bowers and palaces should be...
APPEAL. Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow； My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe； My life is very lonely My days pass h...
THE STUDENT'S SERENADE. I have slept upon my couch, But my spirit did not rest, For the labours of the day Yet my weary soul opprest； And before m...
THE CAPTIVE DOVE. Poor restless dove, I pity thee； And when I hear thy plaintive moan, I mourn for thy captivity, And in thy woes forget mine own. To ...
SELF-CONGRATULATION. Ellen, you were thoughtless once Of beauty or of grace, Simple and homely in attire, Careless of form and face； Then whence this ...