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The Hope of the World and other poems

by Charles Mackay

Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)

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THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.

I.

II.

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NIENTE SENZA L'AMORE.

I.

PART I. THE PRAYER OF ADAM, ALONE IN PARADISE.

II.

PART II. THE DREAM OF THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER.

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SACRED MELODIES.

I.

I. “AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT!”

II.

II. WEEPING FOR THE DEAD.

III.

III. THE DOVE OF NOAH.

IV.

IV. REPENTANCE.

V.

V. RESIGNATION.

VI.

VI. MARINERS' PRAYER,

VIII.

VIII. SAUL AND DAVID.

IX.

IX. OUR SAVIOUR'S LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM.

X.

X. GOD IN THE STORM.

XI.

XI. THE INFINITUDE OF MERCY.

XII.

XII. THE BOW OF PROMISE.

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THE NYMPH OF SOLITUDE.

THE WOOD-NYMPH.

THE AUTUMN LEAF.

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SONGS FOR MUSIC.

SONG TO THE HARVEST MOON.

AMERICAN INDIANS AT THE GRAVES OF THEIR FATHERS.

THE ISLE OF TRUTH.

THE LAY OF AN EXILE.

THIRTEEN AT TABLE; A VISION OF DEATH.

THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.

THE SCOTTISH EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL TO YARROW.

LOVE AMID SORROW.

THE WIDOWER TO THE EVENING STAR.

A SONG FOR A STORMY NIGHT.

THE TRUE GENTLEMAN.

THE GREENWOOD TREE.

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THE WISHING-GATE.

THE MAIDEN OF RHINE.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ABROAD.

THE TWO VULTURES.

THE PILGRIM'S DOG.

COUNT CASK-O'-WHISKEY AND HIS THREE HOUSES.

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TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ. AUTHOR OF “THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY,” AS A SLIGHT BUT SINCERE EXPRESSION OF HIS ADMIRATION FOR THE POET AND HIS ESTEEM FOR THE MAN, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.