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The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery

Collected and Revised by the Author

Montgomery, Robert (1807-1855)

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THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.

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II.

III.

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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

THE IDEA OF GOD.

OUR DUTY IS OUR GLORY.

MIND OF LITTLE CHILDREN.

SOOTHING CHARM OF TIME.

CHRIST THE GRAND REFUGE.

POWER OF THE DEAD.

BODILY SUFFERING.

THE DYING GIRL.

SOCIAL, AND YET ALONE.

THE WEEPING CHRIST.

VANITY OF ALL CREATED GOOD.

VOICE OF GOD IN THE COOL OF THE DAY.

GOD'S CURSE UPON THE GROUND.

WEEP NOT FOR THE DEAD.

GLORY OF DEPARTED SAINTS.

THE RELIGION OF SOLITUDE.

INFANCY IN HEAVEN.

STRIVE NOT WITH THE SPIRIT.

A BELIEVER'S WISH.

HERE WE HAVE NO ABIDING HOME.

OUR TRUE COMPANION.

OUR MORROWS BELONG TO GOD.

MUSIC AND THE EVIL SPIRIT.

MAKE THEE AN ARK.

OH THAT I HAD WINGS!

THE ARKLESS DOVE.

THE BOW OF PROMISE.

CHRIST IN COMMUNION WITH THE SOUL.

DEPARTED, NOT DEAD.

PREVAILING INTERCESSION.

LIFE IS A FADING LEAF.

A FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT.

MEDITATION AT EVENTIDE.

MORAL POWER OF HARMONY.

THE REDEEMER'S SIGH.

MAN'S HEART, DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS.

EXPRESSIVE NIGHT.

THE PRAYERLESS.

DREAD SACRIFICE.

CHRIST OUR PORTION.

RELIGION AND THE SEA.

IDOLS IN THE HEART.

INFANTS AND INFANCY.

PARADISE OF THE DEAD.

SUBLIME OF PRAYER.

HEARTS WHICH HAVE NO ECHOES.

INSPIRATION OF THE PAST.

RELIGION OF THE YOUNG.

SYMPATHY OF CHRIST.

NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED.

A PERFECT WILL.

CHIEF OF SINNERS.

THE HEART'S TREASURE.

WISDOM OF PRAYER.

CONVICTION, AND CONFESSION.

BELIEVER'S DESTINED WORK.

SACREDNESS OF FLOWERS.

INGRATITUDE TO ANGELS.

NAME WITHOUT NATURE.

THE HOMELESS ONE.

FIRST SOUL IN HEAVEN.

VOICE OF THOSE NO MORE.

SINFULNESS OF SIN.

WORLD OF SPIRITS.

GLORY OF THE MOUNTAINS.

OUR PATTERN IN TEMPTATION.

REASON AND DEATH.

THE POETRY OF SPRING.

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POOR IN SPIRIT.

2.

THEY THAT MOURN.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

SILENCE OF THE SOUL.

SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS.

RECONCILIATION.

ANGELIC MINISTRY.

INFANT FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.

THE SINGLE EYE.

AWFULNESS OF SPEECH.

DIVINE FAITHFULNESS.

REVERE THE DEAD.

POWER OF THE REDEEMER'S EYE.

THE GATES OF LIFE.

SPIRITUAL DECLINE.

GUIDING TENDERNESS OF GOD.

POETRY OF CLOUDS AND SKIES.

TWILIGHT OF OUR BEING.

THE BLESSED VIRGIN.

OUR TRUE CENTRE.

MOTHER'S GRIEF.

DIVINE SECRETS.

VISITATION OF THE SICK.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

PRAYERS AT SEA.

GUNPOWDER TREASON.

THE MARTYR-KING.

RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

GOD SAVE THE CHURCH.

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CENTRE OF REVEALED TRUTH.

MYSTERY OF SUFFERING.

WISDOM COMES FROM WOE.

GRIEF AND GLORY.

HUMAN NEED, AND DIVINE SUPPLY.

THE SOLITARY MONK.

PROLOGUE AND PREPARATION.

MIGHT OF THE PRESS.

BOOKS AND THE BIBLE.

IMPERFECT AT THE BEST.

LUTHER, AND THE AGE.

OMNIPOTENCE OF FAITH.

THE CHILD PROPHESIES THE MAN.

GENIUS, SOLITUDE, AND SYMPATHY.

FALLEN NATURE IN RELIGIOUS FORMS.

PREACHER AND PULPIT.

METROPOLIS OF ANTICHRIST.

JUSTIFYING GRACE.

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GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MAN.

I.

I.—Supremacy.

II.

III.

III.—Mystery of Iniquity.

IV.

IV.—Sacramental God.

V.

V.—Moral Root.

VI.

VI.—Religious Instinct.

VII.

VII.—Sorcery.

INSPIRATION OF THE IDEAL.

MAMMON AND MATERIALISM.

COVENANT OF HEARTS.

DISTINCT BUT UNDIVIDED.

CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP.

UNION IN THE CROSS.

FRIENDS IN HEAVEN.

SUBLIME OF HISTORY.

SYMPATHIES OF NATURE.

FRIENDLY CAPTURE.

NIGHT IN THE WARTBURG.

SPIRITUAL LONELINESS.

TOIL AND THOUGHT.

DARKNESS IN THE HOUR OF LIGHT.

MENTAL RESURRECTION.

IDEAL RAPTURES.

AFFECTIONS MADE FREE.

LUTHER MARRIED.

POWER OF PRAYER.

DOMESTIC LIFE, AND WEDDED LOVE.

COMMUNION WITH NATURE.

PARADISE RESTORED.

HUMILITY WITHOUT FAITH.

ANGELIC CONTEST.

GOD OF THIS WORLD.

LIFE A SPIRITUAL CONFLICT.

OMNIPRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT.

A CHURCH BY INVERSION.

VICTORY OF FAITH.

THE MAGIC CITY.

THE MAN OF SIN.

HOPE AND HARP OF PROPHECY.

ROME SHALL FALL.

SEVENTH VIAL SOUNDED.

MILLENNIAL VISIONS.

TIME AND ETERNITY.

PARADISE OF THE DEAD.

CHAMBER OF DEATH.

“DEAD, YET SPEAKETH.”

JESUITS AND JESUITISM.

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CONFESSION AND CONFESSIONAL.

XXI.

XXI.—PRIEST IN OFFICE.

XXII.

XXII.—DEATH OF PURITY.

XXIII.

XXIII.—INWARD MARTYRDOM.

XXIV.

XXIV.—WOMAN AND HER DESTROYER.

XXV.

XXV.—MORAL IMMOLATION.

XXVI.

XXVI.—EXISTING JESUITISM.

XXVII.

XXVII.—ENGLAND'S PROTEST.

MORAL RETROSPECT.

BRITISH CHURCH.

MATERIALISM AND ITS CREED.

SOURCE AND RELIEF OF UNREST.

APOSTROPHÉ TO ENGLAND.

THE TEMPLE OPENED.

DAY OF THE LORD.

NATURE AND THE CROSS.

FINAL APOSTROPHÉ.

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WOMAN: THE LIGHT OF HOME.

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II.

III.

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NIGHT-SCENES ON NOVEMBER 17.

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IV.

V.

VI.

VI. THE PROCESSION FORMS.

VII.

VII. THE CHARGER.

VIII.

VIII. MILITARY SCENE.

IX.

IX. FUNERAL-CAR.

X.

X. A LIVING SPECTACLE.

XI.

XII.

XII. EUROPEAN HOMAGE.

XIII.

XIII. VETERANS AND MOURNERS.

XIV.

XIV. PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL.

XV.

XVI.

XVI. ST. PAUL'S.

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XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. MORAL CONTRAST.

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XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. FINAL APOSTROPHÈ.

SHADOWS OF DEATH.

A VISION OF HEAVEN.

A VISION OF HELL.

UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

THE STAGE COACH.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

INFANTS AND THEIR GLORY.

NOBLENESS OF FAITH.

FORTY LINES ON WELLINGTON.

“BETTER DAYS.”

ENGLISH PEASANTRY.

STARLIGHT ON MARATHON.

LONDON BY MIDNIGHT.

PAINS OF GENIUS.

ELLESMERE LAKE.

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

VIVE L'EMPEREUR!

DEATH OF CORINNE.

CÆSAR ON THE BANKS OF THE RUBICON.

SPIRIT OF TIME.

A DREAM OF WORLDS.

A FADING SCENE.

THE DEPARTED YEAR.

REFLECTIVE STANZAS.

A DAUGHTER'S APOSTROPHE TO A DEPARTED MOTHER.

THE CRUCIFIXION.

STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION.

THE DREADFUL PRAYER.

BEAUTIFUL INFLUENCES.

THE TOMB OF GRAY.

THE MINSTREL'S FUNERAL.

DIVINE OMNISCIENCE.

SOVEREIGNTY OF DIVINE GRACE.

THEOLOGY FOR MOTHERS.

A MOURNFUL TRUTH.

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.

THE PEOPLE AND PRAYER BOOK.

INDIVIDUAL PROVIDENCE.

A PRODIGAL'S RETURN.

MORAL INFLUENCE.

THE LAKE OF BEAUTY.

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TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.