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Gould, Hannah Flagg (1789-1865)

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PRESENTATION. TO THE READER OF MY FORMER WRITINGS, AND THE PRESENT VOLUME.

THE PILGRIM LAND.

THE POET AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.

THE IGNIS FATUUS.

THE AURORA BOREALIS.

GLEE FOR ADVERSITY.

THE SLUGGARD'S REVEILLÉ.

DESERT FOUNTAIN.

WE ARE SPIRITS.

PASSENGERS ON THE STREAM OF TIME.

THE FOREST GRAVE OF MEDFORD.

THE SICK MAN'S DREAM.

DEBORAH'S TRIUMPH.

THE FIRST MOURNERS.

THE DUELLIST'S SOLILOQUY.

ERIN'S SON IN AMERICA.

MY SISTER AT SEA.

THE COOPER'S CHILD.

THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS NEIGHBOUR.

THE SCRIBBLER'S CONFESSION AND LEGACY

NEW ENGLAND TEA-CHORUS.

THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.

THE LIBERTY TREE.

THE DYING REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

WASHINGTON'S SWORD AT THE CAPITOL.

AMERICAN WILD-FLOWERS, FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.

THE FIRE-FLIES.

SONG TO THE STARS.

THE DESPOILED HUMMING-BIRD.

THE SLEEPING ALBATROSS.

THE YOUNG MINSTREL'S SALUTATION.

THE YOUNG MINSTREL'S PARTING SONG.

THE EMPTY CRADLE.

JAMIE IN HEAVEN, OR A PARENT'S VOICE.

THOU ART NOT GONE.

THE BEREAVED MOTHER.

THE OLD BIRDSNEST.

THE PARENT'S LOST JEWEL.

THE SETTING SUN.

THE PATRIARCH'S FAREWELL.

FAREWELL SERENADE.

SHE DIED LIKE THE GEM OF THE ROSES.

THE MORNING STAR.

ALLSTON'S BURIAL.—A DIRGE.

THE WARRIOR'S RETURN.

THE OLD HOME.—A MONODY.

THE ROSE OF YESTERDAY.

EVENING IN THE CEMETERY.

THE LITTLE TWINKLING STAR.

THE GOLD PEN TO A BRIDE.

THE GAZELLE OF THE MENAGERIE.

THE FLOWER-GIRL.

FLOWER OF NIAGARA.

THE SIBYL'S FLOWER.

A ROSE FROM PLATO'S GARDEN.

THE ORANGE-TREE.—A SYMBOL.

THE CHILDREN AT THE OAK.

THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.

THE LINDEN-LEAF.

LUCY'S GIFT OF WINTER FLOWERS.

THE LITTLE FLOWER-GARDEN.

LEAVING THE KENNEBEC.

THE SILVER SHOWER.

GOING OF THE SUMMER BIRDS.

THE DOVE ON THE CHIMNEY.

MARINER'S HYMN.

COME HOME! COME HOME!

THE BETHEL FLAG.

SHE'S GONE LIKE A STAR ON THE BILLOW.

THE LAST OF THE WRECK.

THE SAILOR BOY.

THE SAILOR'S WIDOW.

THE BURIAL AT SEA.

THE PEARL-DIVER.

THE STORMY NIGHT.

THE PROUD BARON.

LAKE AND RIVER.

THE PAINTER BOY.

PEACE IN BELIEVING.

THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION.

SCRIPTURE HYMN.

CHRIST THE PHYSICIAN.

SABBATH-MORNING HYMN.

CHRISTMAS HYMN.

RURAL CEMETERY DEDICATION-HYMN.

GOD IN THE THUNDER-STORM.

MARY AT THE SEPULCHRE.

HANNAH'S OFFERING.

THE SLEEPING BAPTIZED.

THE LITTLE GLEANER.

SMALL MEANS AND GREAT FAITH.

THE PILGRIM OF EARTH.

HYMN OF CHARITY.

THE SAINT'S REST.

THE MISSIONARY SHIP.

DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.

GOING FORTH OF THE YOUNG DISCIPLES.

THE MISSIONARIES OF SUMATRA.

THE DEATH-ANGEL.

THE DEATH OF AARON.

DAY-HYMN FOR CHILDHOOD.

THE PASTOR'S RETURN.

GOD'S PATERNAL CARE.

THE PREACHER OF FIFTY YEARS.

FALSEHOOD FORBIDDEN.

THE BROKEN BAND.

BIRTH OF THE YEAR.

EARTH AND HEAVEN.

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EARTH AND HEAVEN.

Flowers that bloom to wither fast,—
Light whose beams are soon o'ercast,—
Friendship, warm, but not to last,—
Such by Earth are given.
Seek the flowers that ne'er shall fade;
Find the light no cloud can shade;
Win the Friend who ne'er betrayed;—
These are found in Heaven.