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Zinzendorff, and other poems

Sigourney, L. H. (1791-1865)

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DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CORNELIUS.

[The Lord is on his holy throne]

THE DEAD HORSEMAN.

THE TOMB OF JOSEPHINE.

JOY IN BELIEVING.

THE INDIAN'S WELCOME TO THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

DEATH AMONG THE TREES.

THE TEST OF LIFE.

[Oh Thou, who bounteous to their need]

FUNERAL OF DR. MASON F. COGGSWELL.

THOUGHTS FOR MOURNERS.

MEETING OF THE SUSQUEHANNAH WITH THE LACKAWANNA.

THE COMING OF CHRIST.

ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1832.

LADY JANE GREY.

FEMALE EDUCATION.

THE HALF-CENTURY SERMON.

DEATH OF THE WIFE OF A CLERGYMAN, DURING THE SICKNESS OF HER HUSBAND.

MISSIONS TO AFRICA.

THE ORDINATION.

THE CHRISTIAN GOING HOME.

FRIENDSHIP WITH THE DEAD.

DEATH OF THE REV. GORDON HALL.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

SABBATH EVENING IN THE COUNTRY.

['Tis said that hearts have albums. On their page]

MISTAKEN GRIEF.

THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND GIRL OF THE AMERICAN ASYLUM AT HARTFORD, CON.

NAPOLEON'S EPITAPH.

THE FRIENDS OF MAN.

THE FLOWERS OF SPRING.

DEATH OF MRS. HARRIET W. L. WINSLOW MISSIONARY TO CEYLON.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A FEMALE COLLEGE IN NEW-GRENADA, SOUTH AMERICA.

DEATH OF A YOUNG WIFE.

CHRISTIAN HOPE.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE COUNTESS OF NOTTINGHAM.

THE LOST SISTER.

DEATH OF A WIFE DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND.

CHRISTMAS HYMN.

[Alone he sat, and wept.—That very night]

ON READING THE MEMOIRS OF MRS. JUDSON.

BURIAL OF TWO YOUNG SISTERS, THE ONLY CHILDREN OF THEIR PARENTS.

THE BIBLE CLASS IN THE CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON.

DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY AT THE RETREAT FOR THE INSANE.

INTRODUCTION TO AN ALBUM.

DEATH OF A SON OF THE LATE HONORABLE FISHER AMES.

“THEY SAID SHE WAS ALONE.”

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY AT HAVANA, WHITHER SHE WENT FOR HER HEALTH.

DEATHS CHOSEN ALLY.

[“Is it well with the child?”—And she answer'd “'Tis well,”]

THE BABE BEREAVED OF ITS MOTHER.

FUNERAL IN A NEW COLONY.

DEATH OF THE REV. ALFRED MITCHELL.

“DEPART, CHRISTIAN SOUL.”

DEATH OF THE REV. W. C. WALTON.

“IT IS FINISH'D.”

“SHE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH.”

THE JOURNEY WITH THE DEAD.

PRISONERS' EVENING HYMN.

THE HUGUENOT PASTOR.

“THIS IS NOT YOUR REST.”

ON THE UNION OF LADIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, WITH THOSE OF AMERICA, IN PLANS OF BENEVOLENCE FOR AFRICA.

[Thou hast a fair domain]

“REDEEMING THE TIME.”

ON THE CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTH DAY AT ROME, BY AMERICANS.—

[Hope sheds on man's first waking hours]

THE FIRST MORNING OF SPRING.

THE SOAP BUBBLE.

[When kneeling round a Saviour's board]

“TO DIE IS GAIN.”

THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, AMONG THE RUINS OF IONA.

“THERE GO THE SHIPS.”

[Man hath a voice severe]

SUNSET ON THE ALLEGHANY.

DEATH OF A FORMER PUPIL.

FAREWELL OF A MISSIONARY TO AFRICA, AT THE GRAVE OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD.

“I WILL ARISE AND GO UNTO MY FATHER.”

VOICE FROM THE GRAVE OF A SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER.

[Lamb! in a clime of verdure]

RELIGIOUS TRACTS.

EDUCATION OF PIOUS AND INDIGENT YOUNG MEN.

DEATH OF A YOUNG MUSICIAN.

TO THE EVENING STAR.

“TROUBLE NOT YOURSELVES, FOR HIS LIFE IS IN HIM.”

DEATH OF MR. OLIVER D. COOKE.

“LET THERE BE LIGHT.”

THE DEFECTION OF THE DISCIPLES.

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

CHILD LEFT IN A STORM.

THE PESTILENCE.

GARAFILIA MOHALBY.

[Behold, the day of rest. The purple morn]

ON SEEING A LADY'S GOLD CHAIN AMONG THE OFFERINGS AT A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

DEATH OF AN AGED MAN.

“THY WILL BE DONE.”

DEATH OF WILBERFORCE.

THE CHRISTIAN MOURNER.

[Where'er thine earthly lot is cast]

JUDGE TRUMBULL.

THE BROKEN VASE.

THE TOWER AT MONTEVIDEO.

BIRTH-DAY VERSES TO A LITTLE GIRL.

NATURE'S BEAUTY.

DEATH OF DR. TODD, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE RETREAT FOR THE INSANE, IN CONN.

LAST HOURS OF THE HON. WILLIAM WIRT.

ON READING THE DESCRIPTION OF POMPEII, IN THE “REMAINS OF THE REV. E. D. GRIFFIN.”

PARTING HYMN OF MISSIONARIES TO BURMAH.

ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL GREEN OF BOSTON.

[“Peace” was the song the Angels sang]

DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.

APPEAL FOR FEMALE EDUCATION IN GREECE.

THE WESTERN EMIGRANT.

FAREWELL OF THE SOUL TO THE BODY.

THE GRAVE OF THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA.

THE MUFFLED KNOCKER.

THE DEATH OF THE MOTHERLESS.

THE DEPARTURE OF MISS HANNAH MORE, FROM BARLEY WOOD, APRIL 18, 1828, AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

CRY OF THE CORANNAS.

ANACHARSIS, THE PHILOSOPHER.

“THE DEAD PRAISE NOT THE LORD.”

MORAVIAN MISSIONS TO GREENLAND.

FUNERAL AT SEA.

“HINDER THEM NOT.”

SALE OF ARDENT SPIRITS BY CHRISTIANS.

HYMN FOR A CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.

THOUGHTS ON RETURNING FROM CHURCH.

ON READING THE “REMAINS” OF REV. EDMUND D. GRIFFIN.

DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES FOR CEYLON.

CHRISTIAN SETTLEMENTS IN AFRICA.

MIDNIGHT MUSIC.

FORBEARANCE WITH FRAILTY.

BURIAL OF ASHMUN, AT NEW-HAVEN, AUG. 1828.

TOMB OF A YOUNG FRIEND AT MOUNT AUBURN.

THE CONQUERORS OF SPAIN.

THE NEW-ZEALAND MISSIONARY.

“GO, TELL PETER.”

FELICIA HEMANS.

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PARTING HYMN OF MISSIONARIES TO BURMAH.

Native land! in summer smiling,
Hill and valley, grove and stream,
Home! whose nameless charms beguiling
Peaceful lull'd our infant dream,
Haunts! through which our childhood hasted,
Where the earliest wild-flowers grew,
Church! were God's free grace we tasted
Gems of memory's wealth—adieu!

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Mother! who hast watched our pillow
In thy tender, sleepless love,
Lo, we dare the crested billow,
Mother! put thy trust above!
Father! from thy guidance turning
O'er the deep our way we take,
Keep the prayerful incense burning
On thine altar, for our sake.

Brothers! Sisters! more than ever
Seem our clinging heart-strings twin'd,
As that hallow'd bond we sever
Which the hand of Nature join'd.
But the cry of pagan anguish
Thro' our inmost hearts doth sound,
Countless souls in misery languish,
We would haste to heal their wound.

Burmah! we would soothe thy weeping,
Take us to thy sultry breast,
Where thy sainted dust is sleeping,
Let us share a kindred rest.
Friends! our span of life is fleeting,
Hark! the harps of angels swell,
Think of that eternal meeting,
Where no voice shall say farewell.