CONTENTS.

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The Parted Family[13]
To an Absent Husband[21]
To a Dear Absent Friend[23]
The Conflict[25]
The Dying and the Dead[39]
The Mother to her Departed Child[44]
The Burial[47]
The Fading Rose Bud[64]
The Death-Bed Scene[68]
The Joys of Grief[81]
The Second Burial[98]
A Voice from Heaven[113]
The Solitary Walk[116]
To my Mother[122]
To Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Davis, of St. Louis[123]
The Change[126]
Don’t Cry, my Mother[129]
To my Husband’s Picture[133]
Rejoice with those who do Rejoice[135]
To my Dear Departed Friend[137]
My Sister[138]
To a Sister, in the Repose of Death[153]
To my only Sister[154]
My Brother[156]
Passing under the Rod[174]
The Joy of the Christian[178]
The Prayer of the Widow[181]
New Haven[184]
Dialogue between the Savior and the Mourner[186]
Chastening, a Proof of Love[189]
To Die is Gain[192]
On a Flower, plucked from the Grave of Mrs. C. B.[193]
Invocation to Sleep[196]
Heaven[198]
To a Mother with a Dying Child[202]
An Invocation to Death[205]
O! Sing to me of Heaven[206]
To a Dying Christian[208]
Chiefest among Ten Thousand, and altogether Lovely[209]
God’s Love to Israel[211]
Hymn to the Trinity[212]
Mount Auburn[214]
The Gift[217]
The Ever Present Friend[220]
I go to Prepare a Place for You[221]
To the Rev. J. P., of Boston[223]
Heaven on Earth[225]
The Joy of Solitude[227]
There Remaineth therefore a Rest[228]
Exceeding Great and Precious Promises[230]
Blessed are the Meek[231]
Trust in Heaven[233]
Lines on the Death of A. C. Whitridge[235]
When shall it be?[237]
I will Trust in the Covert of thy Wings[238]
To the Ashley River[239]
One Woe is Past[241]
To my Frail Body[242]
A Hymn for the Afflicted[244]
The Bereaved Father to his Son[245]
Where is the Better Country?[249]
To a Mother, on the Death of a Daughter[252]
A Morning Hymn[254]
Song[255]
Hymn[256]
The Bended Knee[258]
The Holy Bible[259]
Song[261]
A Funeral Hymn[262]
Search the Scriptures[264]
God is Faithful[265]
Lovest thou Me?[266]
The Dying Mother[267]
Smiling, though Sad[271]
The Poet’s Wealth[273]
Thy Will be Done[277]
Whom the Lord Loveth, he Chasteneth[278]
If there be therefore any Consolation in Christ[280]
All Joy[281]
The Mourner’s Resolve[283]
Wherefore Glorify ye the Lord in the Fires[284]
Lines on the Death of Henry Dickson[286]
The Dying Hadgi[288]
Real Comfort[302]
Song[305]
Song[306]
To Mrs. William H.[308]
The Dream of the Sick[310]