Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Elliott revised this collection of poems several times during her lifetime. This reading is from the 1836 edition. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Chapters
1 To the Reader 3 min 2 Sonnet to the Harp 1 min 3 Invocation to the Holy Spirit 1 min 4 The Minstrel 1 min 5 Address to Sorrow 2 min 6 The Wanderer 1 min 7 The Contrite Heart 1 min 8 The Æolian Harp 1 min 9 St. Matthew, v. 4 1 min 10 Retrospection 1 min 11 The Valley of Tears 3 min 12 The Skylark 1 min 13 The Moon over the Sea 1 min 14 On Sacred Music 2 min 15 On the same Subject 1 min 16 Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow 4 min 17 The Requiem 3 min 18 On Noah's Dove: a Similitude 1 min 19 The Vestal 1 min 20 On a Spring Morning 1 min 21 On an Early Violet 2 min 22 The "Still Small Voice" 2 min 23 To the Nightingale 1 min 24 A Search after Happiness 4 min 25 The Hour of Prayer 1 min 26 A Prayer at Midnight 1 min 27 The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter 2 min 28 Rest for the Weary 1 min 29 To one suffering from Deafness 1 min 30 On a Frosty Evening 1 min 31 On the Forget-me-not 2 min 32 To a Aged Christian on his Birth-day 2 min 33 On the Anniversary of a Child's Death 1 min 34 To a Widowed Friend 1 min 35 She goeth unto the grave to weep there 2 min 36 From a Dying Child 2 min 37 To the Evening-Star 1 min 38 The Christian near his Home 3 min 39 To one restless and unhappy 2 min 40 My Son, give me thy Heart 2 min 41 To a Friend setting out on a Journey 1 min 42 To one bereaved of many Relatives 1 min 43 The Death-bed of a Christian 4 min 44 A Dream 4 min 45 A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the Night 3 min 46 On the Death of Two Infants 2 min 47 Anticipations 3 min 48 On the Words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus 2 min 49 On a Young Friend's Illness 2 min 50 On a restless Night, in Illness 1 min 51 On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London 2 min 52 On an Infant who lived only a few Months 1 min 53 From a Mother to her departed Babe 1 min 54 Epitaph 1 min 55 To a bereaved Christian Friend 1 min 56 To "the Infant Lyra" 3 min 57 Prayer for the Consecration of Talent 1 min 58 The Pilgrim 1 min 59 To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise 1 min 60 To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter 2 min 61 To Faith. Written in Illness 2 min 62 Have I not remembered Thee on my Bed? 1 min 63 To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief 1 min 64 The Widowed Heart 4 min 65 Thy will be done 1 min 66 Prayer to the Saviour 2 min 67 On the Midnight preceding Good Friday 2 min 68 The Ark 1 min 69 Be not faithless, but believing 1 min 70 Written for one not likely to recover 2 min 71 To one deprived of Hearing at Church by Deafness 1 min 72 Return unto thy Rest, O my Soul! 1 min 73 On the Anniversary of a Friend's Death 2 min 74 All things are become new 1 min 75 To one who had lost an only Sister 2 min 76 Hymn for a Dying Bed 1 min 77 Prayer for a departing Spirit 2 min 78 Hymn of the emancipated Soul 2 min 79 Closing Sonnet 1 min
