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Airs of Palestine, and other poems

Pierpont, John (1785-1866)

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AIRS OF PALESTINE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
MOSLEM WORSHIP.
  
“PASSING AWAY.”—A DREAM.
  
TO MY GRAVE.
  
A SUNDAY NIGHT AT SEA.
  
RUINS AT PÆSTUM.
  
A BIRTHDAY IN SCIO.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
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I. HYMNS FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER AND CHRISTMAS.
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HYMNS FOR COMMUNION.
 1. 
[I. Break ye the bread, and pour the wine]
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[II. The winds are hushed;—the peaceful moon]
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[III. If it may be, O let this cup]
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[IV. O'er Kedron's stream, and Salem's height]
 5. 
[V. There's something sweet in scenes of gloom]
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[VI. Had Jesus left his scattered fold]
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[VII. When Asia's mighty conqueror died]
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[VIII. Our Father! we approach thy board]
  
CHRISTMAS HYMN.
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II. HYMNS FOR ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
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[I. O Thou who art above all height]
 2. 
[II. To Thee, our Father and our King]
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[III. God of mercy, do thou never]
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[IV. Eternal One, whom mortal eye]
 5. 
[V. O God, we see thee smile again]
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[VI. “Let there be light!”—When from on high]
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[VII. “On earth be peace!”—O God, that word]
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[VIII. When on the sun's broad splendors]
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[IX. “The poor, the suffering poor,”—He said]
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[X. To thee, O God, our Rock]
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[XI. To thine altar, Holy One]
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III. HYMNS FOR DEDICATION.
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[I. O Thou, to whom in ancient time]
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[II. With trump, and pipe, and viol chords]
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[III. When thy Son, O God, was sleeping]
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[IV. To God, to God alone]
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[V. To Thee, O God, in humble trust]
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[VI. Thou, who on the whirlwind ridest]
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[VII. The winds and waves were roaring]
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[VIII. Tossed on the billows of the main]
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[IX. No curtains drawn, nor tent, nor shed]
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[X. On this stone, now laid with prayer]
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[XI. Knowledge and Virtue! sister powers]
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IV. HYMNS AND ODES FOR CHARITY OCCASIONS.
  
[I. I praise the God, who, while I kept]
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[II. Mighty One, whose name is holy]
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[III. To the Emerald Isle, where our kindred are dwelling]
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[IV. The fatherless and widow, Lord]
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[V. Faint, bleeding, of his robes bereft]
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[VI. Weary travellers are we]
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[VII. Father of lights! we bless each ray]
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[VIII. Shall that old chamber be forgot]
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[IX. Spirit of Wisdom and of Power]
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[X. Now to the God to whom all might]
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[XI. Loud o'er thy savage child]
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[XII. Not with a conqueror's song]
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V. HYMNS AND ODES FOR TEMPERANCE OCCASIONS.
  
[I. Wake! wake! friends of your kind]
 2. 
II. LICENSE LAWS.
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[III. Thou sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl]
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[IV. How long, O God, how long]
 5. 
[V. In Eden's green retreats]
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[VI. Dash to the floor that bowl]
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[VII. We sing the praise of Water]
 8. 
[VIII. Let the trump of Fame]
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[IX. Lift up, lift up the standard]
 10. 
[X. Says Jonathan, says he, “To-day]
 11. 
[XI. Let the trump of Fame]
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[XII. Source of being, Holy Father]
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[XIII. This day, O God, thy blessed hand]
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XIV. THE DRUNKARD'S FUNERAL.
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VI. FUNEREAL PIECES.
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I. THE EXILE AT REST.
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[II. Stranger, there is bending o'er thee]
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III. LINES ON THE DEATH OF MRS. F--- II---.
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IV. HER CHOSEN SPOT.
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V. LYDIA.
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[VI. O, not for thee we weep;—we weep]
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VIII A SISTER'S THOUGHTS OVER A BROTHER'S GRAVE.
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VIII. MY FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS.
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VII. HYMNS AND ODES FOR ANNIVERSARY, CENTENNIAL, AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.
  
[I. On the birth-day of Time, the young monarch of light]
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[II. Hark! 'tis the children of Washington, pouring]
 3. 
[III. Day of glory! welcome day]
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[IV. The Pilgrim Fathers,—where are they?]
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[V. O, is not this a holy spot]
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VI. WARREN'S ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
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[VII. Two hundred years!—two hundred years]
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[VIII. Break forth in song, ye trees]
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[IX. To Thee, beneath whose eye]
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[X. Long, in a nameless grave]
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[XI. Not now, O God, beneath the trees]
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VIII. PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL PIECES.
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I. THE PORTRAIT.
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II. NEWS-CARRIER'S ADDRESS,
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III. A WORD FROM A PETITIONER.
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IV. THE TOCSIN.
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V. THE GAG.
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VI. THE CHAIN.
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VII. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE'S APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH STAR.
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VIII. ECONOMY OF SLAVERY.
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IX. GLEANINGS.
  
I. TO A FRIEND.
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II. PETITION FROM A LAZARETTO.
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III. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS E. L. B—.
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IV. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS CAROLINE C---.
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V. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS OCTAVIA W---.
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VI. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS MARY G. M—.
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VII. SUNDAY MORNING AT CAMBRIDGE.
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VIII. MORNING PRAYER FOR A CHILD.
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IX. EVENING PRAYER FOR A CHILD.
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X. JERUSALEM.

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[V. There's something sweet in scenes of gloom]

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives.”
—Matth. xxvi. 30.

There's something sweet in scenes of gloom
To hearts, of joy bereft;
When hope has withered in its bloom;
When friends are going to the tomb,
Or in the tomb are left.
'T is night, a lovely night;—and lo!
Like men in vision seen,
The Saviour and his brethren go,
Silent, and sorrowful, and slow,
Led by heaven's lamp serene,
From Salem's height, o'er Kedron's stream,
To Olivet's dark steep;
There, o'er past joys, so like a dream,
O'er future woes, that present seem,
In solitude to weep.
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Heaven on their earthly hopes has frowned;
Their dream of thrones has fled;
The table that his love has crowned
They ne'er again shall sit around,
With Jesus at their head.
Blast not, O God, this hope of ours,
The hope of sins forgiven;
Then, when our friends the grave devours,
When all the world around us lowers,
We 'll look from earth to heaven.
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