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The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery

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Montgomery, Robert (1807-1855)

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THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.
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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
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LUTHER:
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WOMAN: THE LIGHT OF HOME.
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SATAN:
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OXFORD:
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THE MESSIAH.
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MINOR POEMS.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
INFANTS AND THEIR GLORY.
  
NOBLENESS OF FAITH.
  
WORDSWORTH.
  
FORTY LINES ON WELLINGTON.
  
“BETTER DAYS.”
  
ENGLISH PEASANTRY.
  
STARLIGHT ON MARATHON.
  
LONDON BY MIDNIGHT.
  
PAINS OF GENIUS.
  
THE CATARACT.
  
VALE OF CLWYD.
  
ELLESMERE LAKE.
  
ORGAN BOY.
  
BALLAD-SINGER.
  
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
  
SUMMER WAVES.
  
MARIUS.
  
VIVE L'EMPEREUR!
  
DEATH OF CORINNE.
  
CÆSAR ON THE BANKS OF THE RUBICON.
  
A THOUGHT.
  
MORNING.
  
NOON.
  
NIGHT.
  
SPIRIT OF TIME.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
A DREAM OF WORLDS.
  
A FADING SCENE.
  
THE DEPARTED YEAR.
  
REFLECTIVE STANZAS.
  
BEAUTY.
  
A DAUGHTER'S APOSTROPHE TO A DEPARTED MOTHER.
  
STANZAS.
  
THE CRUCIFIXION.
  
STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION.
  
THE DREADFUL PRAYER.
  
INFANCY.
  
BEAUTIFUL INFLUENCES.
  
LOST FEELINGS.
  
THE TRANCE.
  
TO * * * *
  
LONELINESS.
  
STANZAS.
  
STANZAS.
  
A SAD THOUGHT.
  
THE TOMB OF GRAY.
  
THE MINSTREL'S FUNERAL.
  
PROVIDENCE.
  
IN MEMORIAM
  
DIVINE OMNISCIENCE.
  
SOVEREIGNTY OF DIVINE GRACE.
  
THEOLOGY FOR MOTHERS.
  
A MOURNFUL TRUTH.
  
GOD'S INFANTS.
  
HEAVEN POPULOUS WITH INFANT SOULS.
  
THE HEART'S SANCTUARY.
  
“THE HOLY CHILD JESUS.”
  
REASON AND FAITH.
  
GOD IN MATERIALISM.
  
THE CHURCH IN CANADA.
  
THE INSPIRATION OF DREAMS.
  
SACREDNESS OF INFANCY.
  
CHRIST IN THE HEART'S CLOUD.
  
WORLDLINGS.
  
THE PEOPLE AND PRAYER BOOK.
  
INDIVIDUAL PROVIDENCE.
  
A PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
  
MORAL INFLUENCE.
  
THE LAKE OF BEAUTY.

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A SAD THOUGHT.

I love the present; but the past
Hath such a spell around it cast,
That oft from all I hear or see
I turn, dead Time! to gaze on Thee;
And o'er the grave of buried hours
Bid Memory strew her pallid flowers!
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