Chapter II: KINGS iv. 26

NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY DAYTON & SAXTON,
CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STREETS.

BOSTON:
SAXTON AND PEIRCE.
1842.

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by

MARY S. B. DANA,

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the Southern District of New-York.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

The Parted Family 13

To an Absent Husband 21

To a Dear Absent Friend 23

The Conflict 25

The Dying and the Dead 39

The Mother to her Departed Child 44

The Burial 47

The Fading Rose Bud 64

The Death-Bed Scene 68

The Joys of Grief 81

The Second Burial 98

A Voice from Heaven 113

The Solitary Walk 116

To my Mother 122

To Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Davis, of St. Louis 123

The Change 126

Don’t Cry, my Mother 129

To my Husband’s Picture 133

Rejoice with those who do Rejoice 135

To my Dear Departed Friend 137

My Sister 138

To a Sister, in the Repose of Death 153

To my only Sister 154

My Brother 156

Passing under the Rod 174

The Joy of the Christian 178

The Prayer of the Widow 181

New Haven 184

Dialogue between the Savior and the Mourner 186

Chastening, a Proof of Love 189

To Die is Gain 192

On a Flower, plucked from the Grave of Mrs. C. B. 193

Invocation to Sleep 196

Heaven 198

To a Mother with a Dying Child 202

An Invocation to Death 205

O! Sing to me of Heaven 206

To a Dying Christian 208

Chiefest among Ten Thousand, and altogether Lovely 209

God’s Love to Israel 211

Hymn to the Trinity 212

Mount Auburn 214

The Gift 217

The Ever Present Friend 220

I go to Prepare a Place for You 221

To the Rev. J. P., of Boston 223

Heaven on Earth 225

The Joy of Solitude 227

There Remaineth therefore a Rest 228

Exceeding Great and Precious Promises 230

Blessed are the Meek 231

Trust in Heaven 233

Lines on the Death of A. C. Whitridge 235

When shall it be? 237

I will Trust in the Covert of thy Wings 238

To the Ashley River 239

One Woe is Past 241

To my Frail Body 242

A Hymn for the Afflicted 244

The Bereaved Father to his Son 245

Where is the Better Country? 249

To a Mother, on the Death of a Daughter 252

A Morning Hymn 254

Song 255

Hymn 256

The Bended Knee 258

The Holy Bible 259

Song 261

A Funeral Hymn 262

Search the Scriptures 264

God is Faithful 265

Lovest thou Me? 266

The Dying Mother 267

Smiling, though Sad 271

The Poet’s Wealth 273

Thy Will be Done 277

Whom the Lord Loveth, he Chasteneth 278

If there be therefore any Consolation in Christ 280

All Joy 281

The Mourner’s Resolve 283

Wherefore Glorify ye the Lord in the Fires 284

Lines on the Death of Henry Dickson 286

The Dying Hadgi 288

Real Comfort 302

Song 305

Song 306

To Mrs. William H. 308

The Dream of the Sick 310