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Gould, Hannah Flagg (1789-1865)

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PRESENTATION. TO THE READER OF MY FORMER WRITINGS, AND THE PRESENT VOLUME.

THE PILGRIM LAND.

THE POET AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.

THE IGNIS FATUUS.

THE AURORA BOREALIS.

GLEE FOR ADVERSITY.

THE SLUGGARD'S REVEILLÉ.

LOVE OF MONEY.

DESERT FOUNTAIN.

WE ARE SPIRITS.

PASSENGERS ON THE STREAM OF TIME.

THE BROOK.

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THE FOREST GRAVE OF MEDFORD.

LITTLE CLARA.

ODE ON ART.

THE SICK MAN'S DREAM.

DEBORAH'S TRIUMPH.

THE OPAL.

THE FIRST MOURNERS.

THE DUELLIST'S SOLILOQUY.

THE RAINBOW.

ERIN'S SON IN AMERICA.

MY SISTER AT SEA.

THE COOPER'S CHILD.

THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS NEIGHBOUR.

THE SCRIBBLER'S CONFESSION AND LEGACY

THE MASTODON.

NEW ENGLAND TEA-CHORUS.

THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.

AMERICAN ODE.

THE LIBERTY TREE.

THE DYING REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

WASHINGTON'S SWORD AT THE CAPITOL.

AMERICAN WILD-FLOWERS, FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.

THE FIRE-FLIES.

SONG TO THE STARS.

THE DESPOILED HUMMING-BIRD.

THE SPARROW.

THE SLEEPING ALBATROSS.

THE YOUNG MINSTREL'S SALUTATION.

THE YOUNG MINSTREL'S PARTING SONG.

THE EMPTY CRADLE.

JAMIE IN HEAVEN, OR A PARENT'S VOICE.

THOU ART NOT GONE.

THE BEREAVED MOTHER.

THE OLD BIRDSNEST.

THE PARENT'S LOST JEWEL.

THE SETTING SUN.

THE PATRIARCH'S FAREWELL.

FAREWELL SERENADE.

SHE DIED LIKE THE GEM OF THE ROSES.

THE MORNING STAR.

ALLSTON'S BURIAL.—A DIRGE.

THE WARRIOR'S RETURN.

THE OLD HOME.—A MONODY.

THE ROSE OF YESTERDAY.

EVENING IN THE CEMETERY.

THE LITTLE TWINKLING STAR.

THE GOLD PEN TO A BRIDE.

THE GAZELLE OF THE MENAGERIE.

A ROSE FROM PLATO'S GARDEN.

THE ORANGE-TREE.—A SYMBOL.

THE ACACIA.

THE CHILDREN AT THE OAK.

THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.

THE POND-LILY.

THE LINDEN-LEAF.

LUCY'S GIFT OF WINTER FLOWERS.

THE LITTLE FLOWER-GARDEN.

LEAVING THE KENNEBEC.

THE SILVER SHOWER.

GOING OF THE SUMMER BIRDS.

THE DOVE ON THE CHIMNEY.

THE LAUNCH.

MARINER'S HYMN.

COME HOME! COME HOME!

THE BETHEL FLAG.

POOR JACK.

SHE'S GONE LIKE A STAR ON THE BILLOW.

THE LAST OF THE WRECK.

THE BURIAL AT SEA.

THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION.

SCRIPTURE HYMN.

CHRIST THE PHYSICIAN.

SABBATH-MORNING HYMN.

CHRISTMAS HYMN.

FUNERAL HYMN.

CLOSET HYMN.

RURAL CEMETERY DEDICATION-HYMN.

GOD IN THE THUNDER-STORM.

THE DEPARTED.

MARY AT THE SEPULCHRE.

HANNAH'S OFFERING.

THE SLEEPING BAPTIZED.

THE LITTLE GLEANER.

SMALL MEANS AND GREAT FAITH.

THE PILGRIM OF EARTH.

DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.

GOING FORTH OF THE YOUNG DISCIPLES.

THE MISSIONARIES OF SUMATRA.

THE DEATH-ANGEL.

THE DEATH OF AARON.

DAY-HYMN FOR CHILDHOOD.

THE PASTOR'S RETURN.

PICNIC HYMN.

GOD'S PATERNAL CARE.

THE PREACHER OF FIFTY YEARS.

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THE BURIAL AT SEA.

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[Adapted to music. Air, “Hymn to the Virgin.”]

Farewell, beloved form!
The light is gone from thee.
Peacefully sleeping,
We give thee to the sea.

Billows that o'er thee roll
Will not betray their trust:
God hath called home the soul;—
He'll guard the dust.

Jesus, now throned above,
Once slumbered in the grave!
Thee will his heavenly love
Watch over,—rekindle,—save!

He will, descending,
Of death dispel the sleep:—
Till that glorious morning,
Rest in the deep!