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The Hope of the World and other poems

by Charles Mackay
Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)

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THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
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NIENTE SENZA L'AMORE.
 I. 
PART I. THE PRAYER OF ADAM, ALONE IN PARADISE.
 II. 
PART II. THE DREAM OF THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER.
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SACRED MELODIES.
 I. 
I. “AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT!”
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II. WEEPING FOR THE DEAD.
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III. THE DOVE OF NOAH.
 IV. 
IV. REPENTANCE.
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V. RESIGNATION.
 VI. 
VI. MARINERS' PRAYER,
 VIII. 
VIII. SAUL AND DAVID.
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IX. OUR SAVIOUR'S LAMENTATION OVER JERUSALEM.
 X. 
X. GOD IN THE STORM.
 XI. 
XI. THE INFINITUDE OF MERCY.
 XII. 
XII. THE BOW OF PROMISE.
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REVERIES.
  
TO THE WINDS.
  
THE SEA-SHORE.
  
THE NYMPH OF SOLITUDE.
  
THE WOOD-NYMPH.
  
TO AN EAGLE.
  
NIGHT.
  
THE LARK.
  
THE AUTUMN LEAF.
  
TO ROMANCE.
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SONGS FOR MUSIC.
  
SONG TO THE HARVEST MOON.
  
AMERICAN INDIANS AT THE GRAVES OF THEIR FATHERS.
  
THE ISLE OF TRUTH.
  
THE LAY OF AN EXILE.
  
FAR FROM HOME.
  
THIRTEEN AT TABLE; A VISION OF DEATH.
  
CONSTANCY.
  
THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.
  
THE SCOTTISH EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL TO YARROW.
  
LOVE AMID SORROW.
  
THE WIDOWER TO THE EVENING STAR.
  
MOUNTAIN DEW.
  
SEA SORROW;
  
A SONG FOR A STORMY NIGHT.
  
THE TRUE GENTLEMAN.
  
THE GREENWOOD TREE.
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BALLADS.
  
THE WISHING-GATE.
  
THE MAIDEN OF RHINE.
  
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ABROAD.
  
LORENZO.
  
THE TWO VULTURES.
  
THE PILGRIM'S DOG.
  
COUNT CASK-O'-WHISKEY AND HIS THREE HOUSES.

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V. RESIGNATION.

In cold misfortune's cheerless day,
When joy and peace and love depart,
When friends deceive, and hopes decay,
And sorrows press the heavy heart,
O Lord! Thou canst relief impart;
'Tis Thou canst cheer the wounded mind,
'Tis Thou canst heal affliction's smart;—
Teach us to pray, and be resigned.
And oh! should changeful fortune frown,
Or those we love prove true no more,
Should Death's relentless hand strike down
Those who return'd the love we bore;
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Still let us worship and adore,
And seek the peace we yet may find;—
Teach us, O Father! we implore,
To trust in Thee, and be resign'd!
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