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Songs Old and New

... Collected Edition [by Elizabeth Charles]
Charles, Elizabeth Rundle (1828-1896)

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L'Envoi.
  
ROBINS AND THEIR SONGS.
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The Women of the Gospels.
  
MINISTRY.
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MARY THE MOTHER OF OUR LORD.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. —THE MARRIAGE AT CANA.
 IV. 
IV. —THE CROSS.
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MARY MAGDALENE.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
  
SALOME.
  
THE WIDOW OF NAIN.
  
THE SYROPHENICIAN.
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THE SISTERS OF BETHANY.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
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THE UNNAMED WOMEN.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
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THE TWO ALABASTER BOXES.
 I. 
I.
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Songs of Many Seasons.
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THE BIRD, THE CHORISTER, AND THE ANGELS.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
  
THE ALPINE GENTIAN.
  
THE OLD STONE CRUCIFIX AT ROMSEY ABBEY.
  
ON A VASE OF ORIENTAL ALABASTER ILLUMINATED FROM WITHIN.
  
THE POET OF POETS.
  
THE POET'S DAILY BREAD.
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TWO MEANINGS OF FAME.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
  
THE GOLDEN AGE IN THE PRESENT.
  
SUGGESTED BY THE PROMETHEUS BOUND.
  
THE BETRAYAL OF THE YUCATAN ISLANDERS.
  
THE PATHWAYS OF THE HOLY LAND.
  
WAITING.
  
THE POWER OF LIFE.
  
THE LAST ENEMY.
  
“TALITHA CUMI!”
  
THE CHILD ON THE JUDGMENT-SEAT.
  
“WHAT THOU WILT, O MY FATHER, AND WHEN.”
  
THE STILL WATERS OF THE VALLEY.
  
TRIED BY FIRE.
  
ON THE GRAVE OF A FAITHFUL DOG.
  
TO OUR LITTLE DOG DOT.
  
ST. FRANCIS D'ASSISI'S CANTICUM SOLIS.
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In Memoriam et Spem Aeternam.
  
HOW DOTH DEATH SPEAK OF OUR BELOVED?
  
SWEET IS THE LIGHT!
  
SERREZ LES RANGS!
  
HOME BECAUSE NOT HOME.
  
IN MEMORIAM ET SPEM ÆTERNAM.
  
REFLECTED LIGHT.
  
NOT DRIFTING; PILOTED.
  
THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE.
  
SPRINGING INTO LIFE.
  
AT EVENTIDE IT SHALL BE LIGHT.
  
THE TOMB AND THE TEMPLE.
  
THE CRYPT.
  
RESURRECTION.
  
IN MEMORY OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.
  
THE QUEEN'S WREATH ON THE PRESIDENT'S BIER.
  
IN MEMORY OF THE LADY AUGUSTA STANLEY.
  
IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, DEAN OF WESTMINSTER.
  
THE SCHOOL AND THE HOME.
  
THE SHADOW OF DEATH AND “THE SHADOW OF DYING.”
  
TO ONE AT REST.
  
IT IS NO DREAM.
  
A TRUE DREAM.
  
“ALL LIVE UNTO HIM.”
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Hymns.
  
THE PROMISE OF THE PRESENCE.
  
VEILED ANGELS.
  
THE CRUSE THAT FAILETH NOT.
  
GETHSEMANE.
  
LAST TOUCHES, LAST STEPS, LAST WORDS.
  
NOLI ME TANGERE.
  
THE WINTER SOLSTICE.
  
HOLIEST NIGHT!
  
MARRIAGE HYMN.
  
ON A BAPTISM.
  
ORDINATION OF PRIESTS.
  
THE GOSPEL IN THE EUCHARIST.
  
AROUND A TABLE, NOT A TOMB.
  
NEVER FURTHER THAN THY CROSS.
  
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
  
THE FOLD AND THE PALACE.
  
ONCE AND FOR EVER.
  
FIRST AND LAST.
  
REST FOR THE HEAVY-LADEN.
  
“HITHER TO ME!”
  
THE TWO ACCUSATIONS.
  
THE TWO REPROACHES.
  
“HE SAVED OTHERS.”
  
HAGAR'S WELL.
  
MARAH AND ELIM.
  
MY STRENGTH AND MY HEART FAILETH.
  
“COME AND SEE.”
  
“IT IS I; BE NOT AFRAID.”
  
EUREKA.
  
“SUMMER IN THE SOUL.”
  
NEW YEAR'S HYMN.
  
SUNDAY EVENING HYMN.
  
EARLY RISING HYMN.
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The Three Wakings, And Other Early Songs.
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“THE THREE WAKINGS.”
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
  
THE THREE TRANCES.
  
THE FORGET-ME-NOT.
  
MAY SONG.
  
THE NORTHERN SPRING.
  
A JOURNEY ON THE SOUTH-DEVON RAILWAY.
  
BABY ALICE.
  
TO OUR AMERICAN COUSINS.
  
ITALY.

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THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE.

Little familiar gate!
Gate of the home by the way!
Hour for which daily to wait,
Hour at the close of the day!
Hand in hand close pressed,
Arm never trusted in vain,
Hearts in each other at rest,
Home all home again!
Gate through which all must pass,
Gate at the end of the way;—
Men call it a Gate of Brass,
A prison-gate, they say.
They think it can only divide,
Pitiless, heavy, and strong;
But we who have looked inside
Know they have named it wrong:
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Know it not strong but weak,
Its bars all shattered and slight,
Mere bars of shadow that streak
And prove the inner light;
Gate where all bonds shall break,
All severed hearts unite.
Terrible, Beautiful Gate!
Gate of the Temple of God!
Well through the day we may wait
Till it open for us our abode.
Hands in hands close pressed,
Hearts past all parting and pain,
In God and each other at rest,
Home all home again!
Beautiful Gate of Life!
Gate at the end of the way!
Well worth day's toil and strife
For that hour at the end of the day.
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