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Airs of Palestine, and other poems

Pierpont, John (1785-1866)

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AIRS OF PALESTINE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
MOSLEM WORSHIP.
  
“PASSING AWAY.”—A DREAM.
  
TO MY GRAVE.
  
A SUNDAY NIGHT AT SEA.
  
RUINS AT PÆSTUM.
  
A BIRTHDAY IN SCIO.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
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I. HYMNS FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER AND CHRISTMAS.
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HYMNS FOR COMMUNION.
 1. 
[I. Break ye the bread, and pour the wine]
 2. 
[II. The winds are hushed;—the peaceful moon]
 3. 
[III. If it may be, O let this cup]
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[IV. O'er Kedron's stream, and Salem's height]
 5. 
[V. There's something sweet in scenes of gloom]
 6. 
[VI. Had Jesus left his scattered fold]
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[VII. When Asia's mighty conqueror died]
 8. 
[VIII. Our Father! we approach thy board]
  
CHRISTMAS HYMN.
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II. HYMNS FOR ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
 1. 
[I. O Thou who art above all height]
 2. 
[II. To Thee, our Father and our King]
 3. 
[III. God of mercy, do thou never]
 4. 
[IV. Eternal One, whom mortal eye]
 5. 
[V. O God, we see thee smile again]
 6. 
[VI. “Let there be light!”—When from on high]
 7. 
[VII. “On earth be peace!”—O God, that word]
 8. 
[VIII. When on the sun's broad splendors]
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[IX. “The poor, the suffering poor,”—He said]
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[X. To thee, O God, our Rock]
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[XI. To thine altar, Holy One]
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III. HYMNS FOR DEDICATION.
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[I. O Thou, to whom in ancient time]
 2. 
[II. With trump, and pipe, and viol chords]
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[III. When thy Son, O God, was sleeping]
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[IV. To God, to God alone]
 5. 
[V. To Thee, O God, in humble trust]
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[VI. Thou, who on the whirlwind ridest]
 7. 
[VII. The winds and waves were roaring]
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[VIII. Tossed on the billows of the main]
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[IX. No curtains drawn, nor tent, nor shed]
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[X. On this stone, now laid with prayer]
 11. 
[XI. Knowledge and Virtue! sister powers]
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IV. HYMNS AND ODES FOR CHARITY OCCASIONS.
  
[I. I praise the God, who, while I kept]
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[II. Mighty One, whose name is holy]
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[III. To the Emerald Isle, where our kindred are dwelling]
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[IV. The fatherless and widow, Lord]
 5. 
[V. Faint, bleeding, of his robes bereft]
 6. 
[VI. Weary travellers are we]
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[VII. Father of lights! we bless each ray]
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[VIII. Shall that old chamber be forgot]
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[IX. Spirit of Wisdom and of Power]
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[X. Now to the God to whom all might]
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[XI. Loud o'er thy savage child]
 12. 
[XII. Not with a conqueror's song]
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V. HYMNS AND ODES FOR TEMPERANCE OCCASIONS.
  
[I. Wake! wake! friends of your kind]
 2. 
II. LICENSE LAWS.
 3. 
[III. Thou sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl]
 4. 
[IV. How long, O God, how long]
 5. 
[V. In Eden's green retreats]
 6. 
[VI. Dash to the floor that bowl]
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[VII. We sing the praise of Water]
 8. 
[VIII. Let the trump of Fame]
 9. 
[IX. Lift up, lift up the standard]
 10. 
[X. Says Jonathan, says he, “To-day]
 11. 
[XI. Let the trump of Fame]
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[XII. Source of being, Holy Father]
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[XIII. This day, O God, thy blessed hand]
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XIV. THE DRUNKARD'S FUNERAL.
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VI. FUNEREAL PIECES.
 1. 
I. THE EXILE AT REST.
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[II. Stranger, there is bending o'er thee]
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III. LINES ON THE DEATH OF MRS. F--- II---.
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IV. HER CHOSEN SPOT.
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V. LYDIA.
 6. 
[VI. O, not for thee we weep;—we weep]
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VIII A SISTER'S THOUGHTS OVER A BROTHER'S GRAVE.
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VIII. MY FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS.
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VII. HYMNS AND ODES FOR ANNIVERSARY, CENTENNIAL, AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.
  
[I. On the birth-day of Time, the young monarch of light]
 2. 
[II. Hark! 'tis the children of Washington, pouring]
 3. 
[III. Day of glory! welcome day]
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[IV. The Pilgrim Fathers,—where are they?]
 5. 
[V. O, is not this a holy spot]
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VI. WARREN'S ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
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[VII. Two hundred years!—two hundred years]
 8. 
[VIII. Break forth in song, ye trees]
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[IX. To Thee, beneath whose eye]
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[X. Long, in a nameless grave]
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[XI. Not now, O God, beneath the trees]
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VIII. PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL PIECES.
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I. THE PORTRAIT.
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II. NEWS-CARRIER'S ADDRESS,
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III. A WORD FROM A PETITIONER.
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IV. THE TOCSIN.
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V. THE GAG.
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VI. THE CHAIN.
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VII. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE'S APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH STAR.
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VIII. ECONOMY OF SLAVERY.
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IX. GLEANINGS.
  
I. TO A FRIEND.
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II. PETITION FROM A LAZARETTO.
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III. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS E. L. B—.
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IV. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS CAROLINE C---.
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V. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS OCTAVIA W---.
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VI. FOR THE ALBUM OF MISS MARY G. M—.
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VII. SUNDAY MORNING AT CAMBRIDGE.
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VIII. MORNING PRAYER FOR A CHILD.
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IX. EVENING PRAYER FOR A CHILD.
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X. JERUSALEM.

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[VIII. Break forth in song, ye trees]

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Written for the Second Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Boston, September 17th, 1830.

Break forth in song, ye trees,
As, through your tops, the breeze
Sweeps from the sea!
For, on its rushing wings,
To your cool shades and springs,
That breeze a people brings,
Exiled though free.
Ye sister hills, lay down
Of ancient oaks your crown,
In homage due;—
These are the great of earth,
Great, not by kingly birth,
Great in their well proved worth,
Firm hearts and true.
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These are the living lights,
That from your bold, green heights,
Shall shine afar,
Till they who name the name
Of Freedom, toward the flame
Come, as the Magi came
Toward Bethlehem's star.
Gone are those great and good,
Who here, in peril, stood
And raised their hymn.
Peace to the reverend dead!
The light, that on their head
Two hundred years have shed,
Shall ne'er grow dim.
Ye temples, that to God
Rise where our fathers trod,
Guard well your trust,—
The faith, that dared the sea,
The truth, that made them free,
Their cherished purity,
Their garnered dust.
Thou high and holy One,
Whose care for sire and son
All nature fills,
While day shall break and close,
While night her crescent shows,
O, let thy light repose
On these our hills.
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