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Sonnets and Other Poems Chiefly Religious

by Joseph John Murphy

Murphy, Joseph John (1827-1894)

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MARY MAGDALENE ON THE MORNING OF THE RESURRECTION.

CHRIST IN HEAVEN.

CHRISTMAS IN ARMAGH CATHEDRAL.

ON THE RIVIERA.

GRACE FOR GRACE.

ON READING HERBERT SPENCER'S “PSYCHOLOGY.”

ON THE COMPLETION OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.

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POEMS IN THE STANZA OF “IN MEMORIAM.”

“NO MORE SEA.”

A THOUGHT OF STOICISM.

THEORY AND LIFE.

WORKING AND WAITING.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

JOHN STUART MILL.

A ROSE TRANSPLANTED.

FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL.

THE MYSTERY AND THE GLORY.

COMMUNION WITH THE DEAD.

A SUGGESTION FOR A PAINTER.

THE PEACE OF CHRIST.

WAITING FOR CHRIST.

THE END OF THE JUST.

A VISION OF THE PRESENT.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

THE YEWS OF BORROWDALE.

THORWALDSEN'S LAST WORK.

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CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL STUDIES.

THE CONSECRATION OF THE PARTHENON.

HANNIBAL'S RETURN TO CARTHAGE.

THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST.

A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED.

A SERMON BY SAINT PETER.

THE DREAM OF PILATE'S WIFE.

THE CONVERSION OF SAINT JAMES THE LORD'S BROTHER.

SAINT PAUL IN ARABIA.

SAINT JOHN AT EPHESUS.

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THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY.

THE POTTER AND THE CLAY.

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

HOLY COMMUNION.

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TRANSLATIONS AND PARAPHRASES.

SAINT PATRICK'S BREASTPLATE.

BUNSEN TO HIS FRIEND ROTHE.

THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA.

FROM SCHILLER'S SONG OF THE BELL.

FROM THE GERMAN OF KÖRNER.

MEDITATIONS OF A DEAF MUTE.

AUTUMN AND DEATH.

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O Pilate! O my husband! let Him go,
The Galilean Prophet!—all the night
With thoughts of Him I have suffered in my dreams.