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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.
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[I. Break ye the bread, and pour the wine]
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[II. The winds are hushed;—the peaceful moon]
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[III. If it may be, O let this cup]
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[IV. O'er Kedron's stream, and Salem's height]
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[V. There's something sweet in scenes of gloom]
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[VI. Had Jesus left his scattered fold]
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[VII. When Asia's mighty conqueror died]
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[VIII. Our Father! we approach thy board]
  
CHRISTMAS HYMN.
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II. HYMNS FOR ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION.
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[I. O Thou who art above all height]
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[II. To Thee, our Father and our King]
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[III. God of mercy, do thou never]
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[IV. Eternal One, whom mortal eye]
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[V. O God, we see thee smile again]
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[VI. “Let there be light!”—When from on high]
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[VII. “On earth be peace!”—O God, that word]
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[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]
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[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]
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[V. To Thee, O God, in humble trust]
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[VI. Thou, who on the whirlwind ridest]
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[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]
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[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]
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[V. Faint, bleeding, of his robes bereft]
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[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]
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[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]
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II. LICENSE LAWS.
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[III. Thou sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl]
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[IV. How long, O God, how long]
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[V. In Eden's green retreats]
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[VI. Dash to the floor that bowl]
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[VII. We sing the praise of Water]
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[VIII. Let the trump of Fame]
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[IX. Lift up, lift up the standard]
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[X. Says Jonathan, says he, “To-day]
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[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.
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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.
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[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]
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[II. Hark! 'tis the children of Washington, pouring]
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[III. Day of glory! welcome day]
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[IV. The Pilgrim Fathers,—where are they?]
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[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]
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[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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[IX. Lift up, lift up the standard]

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Written for the same occasion.

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Air: “Ye mariners of England.”

Lift up, lift up the standard,
And plant it near the well!
And, gathered underneath its folds,
A choral anthem swell!
The anthem that is set in praise
Of brooks and cisterns sing!
Give one strain to the rain,
Give another to the spring;—
Yea, give a chorus loud and long
To aqueduct and spring.
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Green hills and smiling valleys!
Ye once were red with gore,
When Freedom's thunders o'er you rolled,
And broke along our shore.
The holy skies have poured their rains,
And sifted down their snows,
Till the stain of the slain,
That beneath your turf repose,
Is washed away, and the sods are clean,
Where the martyred brave repose.
Even so will ice and water
Make clean our living clay;—
Then let them grace our festive board
On Independence day;—
The day that tells us of the blood
That was, like water, poured
From their veins, on the plains
Where our fathers grasped the sword,
Where the cumbrous sheath was thrown away,
And flashed the freeman's sword.
Ye heroes of the bottle,
Who “bumper” every toast,
Who keep your wine in cobwebs wrapped,
And make its age your boast,
The oldest wine your vaults have known
From press or vat to flow,
Is new to the dew
That six thousand years ago
Came down to fill our cups, one night,
Six thousand years ago.
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Ye champions of cold water,
Who quaff that drink divine,
Who 've given your rum and brandy o'er,
And bid adieu to wine,
The bottles that ye crack to-day,
By God's own hand are given;
Some in earth have their birth,
And some are made in heaven;
The granite rock and spring are those,
And these the clouds of heaven.
Then, UP the Temperance standard!
And plant it by the well,
And, shaded by its waving folds,
A choral anthem swell!
The anthem that is set to chime
With babbling waters sing,
Give one strain to the rain,
Give another to the spring,
Yea, give a chorus loud and long,
To aqueduct and spring!
 
Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom?
And who poureth out the bottles of heaven?
Job xxxviii. 37.
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