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The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery

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Montgomery, Robert (1807-1855)

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THE OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.
 I. 
PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
 III. 
PART III.
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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
  
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THE IDEA OF GOD.
  
GOD CREATES.
  
OUR DUTY IS OUR GLORY.
  
THE FIRST MAN.
  
MIND OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
  
SOOTHING CHARM OF TIME.
  
CHRIST THE GRAND REFUGE.
  
POWER OF THE DEAD.
  
BODILY SUFFERING.
  
GOD'S IMAGE.
  
THE DYING GIRL.
  
SOCIAL, AND YET ALONE.
  
GREAT UNTRUTH.
  
THE WEEPING CHRIST.
  
VANITY OF ALL CREATED GOOD.
  
VOICE OF GOD IN THE COOL OF THE DAY.
  
GOD'S CURSE UPON THE GROUND.
  
WEEP NOT FOR THE DEAD.
  
GLORY OF DEPARTED SAINTS.
  
THE RELIGION OF SOLITUDE.
  
FIRST EXILES.
  
MODERATION.
  
INFANCY IN HEAVEN.
  
DIVINE WALK.
  
STRIVE NOT WITH THE SPIRIT.
  
A BELIEVER'S WISH.
  
HERE WE HAVE NO ABIDING HOME.
  
OUR TRUE COMPANION.
  
OUR MORROWS BELONG TO GOD.
  
SILENT PRAYER.
  
MUSIC AND THE EVIL SPIRIT.
  
MAKE THEE AN ARK.
  
OH THAT I HAD WINGS!
  
THE ARKLESS DOVE.
  
THE BOW OF PROMISE.
  
CHRIST IN COMMUNION WITH THE SOUL.
  
DEPARTED, NOT DEAD.
  
PREVAILING INTERCESSION.
  
LIFE IS A FADING LEAF.
  
A FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT.
  
MEDITATION AT EVENTIDE.
  
MORAL POWER OF HARMONY.
  
THE REDEEMER'S SIGH.
  
MAN'S HEART, DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS.
  
EXPRESSIVE NIGHT.
  
THE PRAYERLESS.
  
DREAD SACRIFICE.
  
PERFECT PEACE.
  
STARRY DREAMS.
  
CHRIST OUR PORTION.
  
ANGELS.
  
RELIGION AND THE SEA.
  
IDOLS IN THE HEART.
  
INFANTS AND INFANCY.
  
PARADISE OF THE DEAD.
  
SUBLIME OF PRAYER.
  
REPENTANCE.
  
HEARTS WHICH HAVE NO ECHOES.
  
INSPIRATION OF THE PAST.
  
RELIGION OF THE YOUNG.
  
SYMPATHY OF CHRIST.
  
NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED.
  
INFANT DEATH.
  
A PERFECT WILL.
  
CHIEF OF SINNERS.
  
DIVINE THIRST.
  
THE HEART'S TREASURE.
  
WISDOM OF PRAYER.
  
CONVICTION, AND CONFESSION.
  
BELIEVER'S DESTINED WORK.
  
SACREDNESS OF FLOWERS.
  
INGRATITUDE TO ANGELS.
  
FOLLOW CHRIST.
  
NAME WITHOUT NATURE.
  
THE HOMELESS ONE.
  
FIRST SOUL IN HEAVEN.
  
GUILTY FEARS.
  
JESUS TEMPTED.
  
VOICE OF THOSE NO MORE.
  
SINFULNESS OF SIN.
  
WORLD OF SPIRITS.
  
GLORY OF THE MOUNTAINS.
  
OUR PATTERN IN TEMPTATION.
  
REASON AND DEATH.
  
THE POETRY OF SPRING.
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Beatitudes.
 1. 
POOR IN SPIRIT.
 2. 
THEY THAT MOURN.
 3. 
MEEKNESS.
 4. 
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
 5. 
BE MERCIFUL.
 6. 
PURE IN HEART.
 7. 
PEACEMAKERS.
 8. 
THE REVILED.
  
SILENCE OF THE SOUL.
  
SENTIMENT OF FLOWERS.
  
RECONCILIATION.
  
ANGELIC MINISTRY.
  
INFANT FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
  
THE SINGLE EYE.
  
MY FIRST-BORN.
  
JUDGE NOT.
  
AWFULNESS OF SPEECH.
  
LET US PRAY.
  
DIVINE FAITHFULNESS.
  
REVERE THE DEAD.
  
POWER OF THE REDEEMER'S EYE.
  
THE GATES OF LIFE.
  
SPIRITUAL DECLINE.
  
GUIDING TENDERNESS OF GOD.
  
POETRY OF CLOUDS AND SKIES.
  
TWILIGHT OF OUR BEING.
  
THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
  
MARIOLATRY.
  
OUR TRUE CENTRE.
  
MOTHER'S GRIEF.
  
DIVINE SECRETS.
  
THE TWO BOOKS.
  
BAPTISM.
  
CATECHISM.
  
CONFIRMATION.
  
MARRIAGE.
  
VISITATION OF THE SICK.
  
BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
  
CHURCHING OF WOMEN.
  
COMMINATION.
  
PRAYERS AT SEA.
  
GUNPOWDER TREASON.
  
THE MARTYR-KING.
  
RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
  
THE ACCESSION.
  
ORDINATION.
  
EUCHARIST.
  
GOD SAVE THE CHURCH.
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LUTHER:
  
CENTRE OF REVEALED TRUTH.
  
CHRISTIANITY
  
MYSTERY OF SUFFERING.
  
WISDOM COMES FROM WOE.
  
GRIEF AND GLORY.
  
HUMAN NEED, AND DIVINE SUPPLY.
  
THE SOLITARY MONK.
  
PROLOGUE AND PREPARATION.
  
MIGHT OF THE PRESS.
  
BOOKS AND THE BIBLE.
  
GOD'S HEROES.
  
MARTYRDOM.
  
IMPERFECT AT THE BEST.
  
LUTHER, AND THE AGE.
  
OMNIPOTENCE OF FAITH.
  
THE CHILD PROPHESIES THE MAN.
  
GENIUS, SOLITUDE, AND SYMPATHY.
  
UNIVERSITY.
  
FALLEN NATURE IN RELIGIOUS FORMS.
  
REVIVAL.
  
PREACHER AND PULPIT.
  
FIRST SERMON.
  
METROPOLIS OF ANTICHRIST.
  
INDULGENCES.
  
REFORMATION.
  
JUSTIFYING GRACE.
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GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MAN.
 I. 
I.—Supremacy.
 II. 
II.—Mystery.
 III. 
III.—Mystery of Iniquity.
 IV. 
IV.—Sacramental God.
 V. 
V.—Moral Root.
 VI. 
VI.—Religious Instinct.
 VII. 
VII.—Sorcery.
  
INSPIRATION OF THE IDEAL.
  
MAMMON AND MATERIALISM.
  
COVENANT OF HEARTS.
  
DISTINCT BUT UNDIVIDED.
  
CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP.
  
UNION IN THE CROSS.
  
FRIENDS IN HEAVEN.
  
SUBLIME OF HISTORY.
  
MORAL RESULTS.
  
SYMPATHIES OF NATURE.
  
ASSOCIATIONS.
  
RETROSPECT.
  
FRIENDLY CAPTURE.
  
NIGHT IN THE WARTBURG.
  
PATMOS.
  
SPIRITUAL LONELINESS.
  
REACTION.
  
TOIL AND THOUGHT.
  
DARKNESS IN THE HOUR OF LIGHT.
  
MENTAL RESURRECTION.
  
IDEAL RAPTURES.
  
AFFECTIONS MADE FREE.
  
LUTHER MARRIED.
  
POWER OF PRAYER.
  
DOMESTIC LIFE, AND WEDDED LOVE.
  
COMMUNION WITH NATURE.
  
PARADISE RESTORED.
  
CATECHISM.
  
HUMILITY WITHOUT FAITH.
  
ANGELIC CONTEST.
  
FALLEN ANGELS.
  
GOD OF THIS WORLD.
  
LIFE A SPIRITUAL CONFLICT.
  
OMNIPRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT.
  
PAPAL ROME.
  
A CHURCH BY INVERSION.
  
VICTORY OF FAITH.
  
THE MAGIC CITY.
  
THE MAN OF SIN.
  
HOPE AND HARP OF PROPHECY.
  
ROME SHALL FALL.
  
SEVENTH VIAL SOUNDED.
  
ANTICHRIST.
  
MILLENNIAL VISIONS.
  
TIME AND ETERNITY.
  
PARADISE OF THE DEAD.
  
FAREWELL.
  
CHAMBER OF DEATH.
  
“DEAD, YET SPEAKETH.”
  
JESUITS AND JESUITISM.
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CONFESSION AND CONFESSIONAL.
 XXI. 
XXI.—PRIEST IN OFFICE.
 XXII. 
XXII.—DEATH OF PURITY.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.—INWARD MARTYRDOM.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.—WOMAN AND HER DESTROYER.
 XXV. 
XXV.—MORAL IMMOLATION.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.—EXISTING JESUITISM.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.—ENGLAND'S PROTEST.
  
MORAL RETROSPECT.
  
BRITISH CHURCH.
  
MATERIALISM AND ITS CREED.
  
SOURCE AND RELIEF OF UNREST.
  
ASPIRATIONS.
  
APOSTROPHÉ TO ENGLAND.
  
SABBATH MORN.
  
THE TEMPLE OPENED.
  
DAY OF THE LORD.
  
EVENTIDE.
  
MOONLIT SCENE.
  
NATURE AND THE CROSS.
  
HUSH OF NIGHT.
  
FINAL APOSTROPHÉ.
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WOMAN: THE LIGHT OF HOME.
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.
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SATAN:
 I. 
BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
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OXFORD:
 I. 
PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
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THE MESSIAH.
 I. 
BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
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MINOR POEMS.
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WELLINGTON:
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I.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
A COMPARISON.
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II.
  
NIGHT-SCENES ON NOVEMBER 17.
  
MIDNIGHT.
 III. 
III. DAWN.
 IV. 
IV. MORNING.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI. THE PROCESSION FORMS.
 VII. 
VII. THE CHARGER.
 VIII. 
VIII. MILITARY SCENE.
 IX. 
IX. FUNERAL-CAR.
 X. 
X. A LIVING SPECTACLE.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII. EUROPEAN HOMAGE.
 XIII. 
XIII. VETERANS AND MOURNERS.
 XIV. 
XIV. PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL.
 XV. 
XV. FAREWELL.
 XVI. 
XVI. ST. PAUL'S.
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XVII.
  
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THE BURIAL.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX. MORAL CONTRAST.
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XX.
  
PATRIOTISM.
  
THE PEOPLE.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE HERO.
 XXII. 
XXII. FINAL APOSTROPHÈ.
  
SHADOWS OF DEATH.
  
A VISION OF HEAVEN.
  
A VISION OF HELL.
  
UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
  
THE STAGE COACH.
  
SCARBOROUGH.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
INFANTS AND THEIR GLORY.
  
NOBLENESS OF FAITH.
  
WORDSWORTH.
  
FORTY LINES ON WELLINGTON.
  
“BETTER DAYS.”
  
ENGLISH PEASANTRY.
  
STARLIGHT ON MARATHON.
  
LONDON BY MIDNIGHT.
  
PAINS OF GENIUS.
  
THE CATARACT.
  
VALE OF CLWYD.
  
ELLESMERE LAKE.
  
ORGAN BOY.
  
BALLAD-SINGER.
  
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
  
SUMMER WAVES.
  
MARIUS.
  
VIVE L'EMPEREUR!
  
DEATH OF CORINNE.
  
CÆSAR ON THE BANKS OF THE RUBICON.
  
A THOUGHT.
  
MORNING.
  
NOON.
  
NIGHT.
  
SPIRIT OF TIME.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
A DREAM OF WORLDS.
  
A FADING SCENE.
  
THE DEPARTED YEAR.
  
REFLECTIVE STANZAS.
  
BEAUTY.
  
A DAUGHTER'S APOSTROPHE TO A DEPARTED MOTHER.
  
STANZAS.
  
THE CRUCIFIXION.
  
STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION.
  
THE DREADFUL PRAYER.
  
INFANCY.
  
BEAUTIFUL INFLUENCES.
  
LOST FEELINGS.
  
THE TRANCE.
  
TO * * * *
  
LONELINESS.
  
STANZAS.
  
STANZAS.
  
A SAD THOUGHT.
  
THE TOMB OF GRAY.
  
THE MINSTREL'S FUNERAL.
  
PROVIDENCE.
  
IN MEMORIAM
  
DIVINE OMNISCIENCE.
  
SOVEREIGNTY OF DIVINE GRACE.
  
THEOLOGY FOR MOTHERS.
  
A MOURNFUL TRUTH.
  
GOD'S INFANTS.
  
HEAVEN POPULOUS WITH INFANT SOULS.
  
THE HEART'S SANCTUARY.
  
“THE HOLY CHILD JESUS.”
  
REASON AND FAITH.
  
GOD IN MATERIALISM.
  
THE CHURCH IN CANADA.
  
THE INSPIRATION OF DREAMS.
  
SACREDNESS OF INFANCY.
  
CHRIST IN THE HEART'S CLOUD.
  
WORLDLINGS.
  
THE PEOPLE AND PRAYER BOOK.
  
INDIVIDUAL PROVIDENCE.
  
A PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
  
MORAL INFLUENCE.
  
THE LAKE OF BEAUTY.

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XXI.—PRIEST IN OFFICE.

Rome for the spirit a gymnasium proves:
Her Priests are posture-masters for the soul
Deluded, who can twist and turn the mind
And morals, just as Superstition shapes
Her ritual, or Effect on man requires.
Seek we a proof for this satanic aim
Of sacrilege on souls? Behold it, there!
The wooden screen of yon confession-shrine
Behind whose shelter lurks a probing Priest,
Contains it. 'Twere enough to blot the sun
At noon-tide blaze, to horrify the blood,
Or make Humanity to blush and burn
With shame eternal, might plain Truth disclose
All which Confessional has heard, or done,
Or vilely dared within the bosom's depth.—
Laid on the rack of Rome's lascivious tongue
The mental victim of confession sobs
Tones which are torture, while the fiendish words
Pierce their exploring way with foul success
Or skill'd advantage, till the Heart is won
And all the sacredness of soul expires.
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