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Poems by Cecil Frances Alexander

Edited, with a preface, by William Alexander
Alexander, Cecil Frances (1818-1895)

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II POEMS ON SACRED SUBJECTS
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Old Testament.
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Part I.
  
THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH.
  
RACHEL.
  
JACOB AND PHARAOH.
  
MOSES' CHOICE.
  
THE MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS.
  
THE VICTORY OVER AMALEK.
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Part II.
  
CALEB AND JOSHUA.
  
THE DEAD.
  
THE BURIAL OF MOSES.
  
RAHAB.
  
THE WARNING ANGEL.
  
GIDEON'S FLEECE.
  
SAMSON.
  
HANNAH'S OFFERING.
  
THE HARPING OF DAVID.
  
THE BURIAL OF SAMUEL.
  
SAUL.
  
THE DEATH OF DAVID.
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New Testament Subjects.
  
THE ADORATION OF THE WISE MEN.
  
“HE CAME DOWN TO NAZARETH.”
  
“BAPTIZED IN JORDAN.”
  
THE DOVE.
  
LENT.
  
“TROUBLE NOT THE MASTER.”
  
“SHE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH.”
  
AT JACOB'S WELL.
  
THE STORM.
  
“PEACE, BE STILL.”
  
THE BLIND MAN BEGGING.
  
“HE SET A CHILD IN THE MIDST.”
  
THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
  
THE ASCENSION.
  
“WHEN JESUS SAW HIS MOTHER.”
  
THE RESURRECTION.
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III POEMS, NARRATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE.
  
THE YELLOW DAMASK CHAIR.
  
THE EVE OF BATTLE.
  
THE RISING AT AIX.
  
THE SIEGE OF DERRY.
  
THE CHILD OF THE RHINE.
  
THE LEGEND OF STUMPIE'S BRAE.
  
LOST FOR GOLD.
  
LILIAN.
  
THE BARON'S LITTLE DAUGHTER.
  
THE GRAVEYARD IN THE HILLS.
  
THE LAPIDARY'S DAUGHTER.
  
THE DYING SOLDIER'S WIFE.
  
THE TWIN MUTES; TAUGHT AND UNTAUGHT.
  
DYING AMONG THE PINES.
  
A TALE OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS.
  
THE LONELY GRAVE.
  
THE IRISH MOTHER'S LAMENT.
  
SORROW ON THE SEA.
  
NEW YEAR'S EVE.
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THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN PRAYERS.
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I. The Castle.
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II. The Departure.
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III. The Angel.
  
HUMILITY.
  
CHURCH BELLS.
  
HOPE.
  
THE PILGRIM.
  
THE EVENING HOUR.
  
KING EDWARD'S DREAM.
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IV MEMORIAL VERSES
  
THE GRAVE AT SPITZBERGEN.
  
THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS.
  
SOUTHEY'S GRAVE
  
THE GRAVE BY ST. COLUMBA'S CROSS.
  
IN MEMORIAM. THE HONOURABLE ARTHUR O'NEIL,
  
DEATH OF THE KAISER.
  
IN MEMORIAM. MAXIMILIAN DUDLEY DIGGES DALISON,
  
IN MEMORIAM. RIGHT HON. ARTHUR KAVANAGH.
  
IN MEMORIAM A. T.
  
A BROTHER'S GRAVE.
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V OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
  
“THE WORK OF WOMAN'S HAND.”
  
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
  
THE ROYAL BRIDAL.
  
THE SEAMAN'S HOME.
  
LENT LILIES.
  
THE DEAF AND DUMB CHILD.
  
ON THE LAYING OF THE FIRST STONE OF THE MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTANTINOPLE
  
THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  
PRIVILEGES WITHDRAWN.
  
THE BISHOP OF BRECHIN AND I.—
  
THE PROJECTED TAYLOR CATHEDRAL AT BELFAST.
  
A CONSECRATION HYMN.
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VII SONGS FOR CHILDREN
  
TWO WAYS.
  
DREAMS.
  
IN THE DISTANCE.
  
LONGINGS.
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SONGS WRITTEN FOR HULLAH.
  
[When winter's closing shadows fall]
  
[Come and sing a merry measure]
  
NON ANGLI SED ANGELI.
  
JOANNA.
  
REJECTED.
  
DYING GIRL'S SONG.
  
THE LITTLE WHITE GHOST.

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Edited, with a preface, by William Alexander

Cecil Frances Alexander

1818-1895
Macmillan
London New York
1896
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