Whose hearts have a look southward, and are open
To the great noon of Nature.
FESTUS.
PHILADELPHIA:
FOR SALE BY J. MILLER M'KIM, NO. 31 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
MERRIHEW & THOMPSON, PRINTERS.
1846.
THE LOVERS OF THAT TRUTH AND BEAUTY WHICH SHALL EXALT MEN to a higher life,
—ALTHOUGH WRITTEN BY THOSE WHO, BECAUSE THEY WEre human, often erreD; AND EVEN
IN THE PIECES HEREIN COLLECTED DID NOT APPROVE THEMSELVES PERFECT,
IN THE HOPE THAT ITS GOOD MAY LIVE FOR EVER, AND its evil DIE WITH IT.
The Object of Life, by John Todd,
Christ-like, by Lydia Maria Child,
The Battle-field, by William Cullen Bryant,
The Star-Gazer, by Christopher Pearse Cranch,
A London Lyric, by "Barry Cornwall,"
Blankets, (to be read on a cold night,) by
Humphrey,"
True Rest,
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The Mourners, by Caroline E. S. Norton,
My Mother, by "Old Humphrey,"
The Bridge of Sighs, by Thomas Hood,
Evening Song of the Weary, by Felicia D. Hemans, 21
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How Jesus was Received, by Theodore Parker,
A Christian Slave, by John G. Whittier,
Song Writing, by James Russell Lowell,
Capital Punishment, by Lydia Maria Child,
Moments, by Richard Monckton Milnes,
A Christian Home. by R. W. Evans,
Demagogue Arts, by Lord Brougham,
An Evening Song, by Francis K. Butler,
Lilias Grieve, by Professor Wilson,
The Cry of the Children, by Elizabeth B. Barrett,
Instinct of Childhood, by John Neal,
My Friend,
The Factory Girls of Lowell, by J. G. Whittier,
The Labourer, by William D. Gallagher,
Reform, by Thomas L. Harris,
Truth and Freedom, by William D. Gallagher,
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2 The Lady's Yes, by Elizabeth Barrett Barrett,
2 How to keep Lent, by Robert Herrick,
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Christian, and mere Poetic Benevolence, con-
trasted, by Thomas Chalmers,
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6 Recompense, by W. G. Sims,
8 POEMS BY CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH.
10
On hearing Triumphant Music,
Field Notes,
The Poet,
The Ocean,
Beauty,
The Artist,
First Truths,
The Prophet Unveiled,
Dirge for a young Girl, by James T. Fields,
To Little Mary,
The Slave Market at Washington, by John G.
Whittier,
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On seeing in a List of Music, the Waterloo
Waltz,'
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27 Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, by Felicia D.
Hemans,
31
Wild-Flowers,
All Mortgaged, by Elihu Burritt,
A Christmas Tale, by Richard Monkton Milnes,
Unwritten Music, by N. P. Willis,
To Columbus Dying, by W. H. Furness,
The Fatherland, by James Russell Lowell,
The two Paths,
Oc-
Letter to the Unknown Purchaser and Next
98
cupant of Glenmary, by N. P. Willis,
100
The Alderman's Funeral, by Robert Southey,
My Child, by John Pierpont,
101
101
The Dew-Drop, by Richard Chenevix Trench,
A Commission of Lunacy, by Charles F. Briggs, 102
104
The Spring, by George S. Burleigh,
The Beggar, by James Russell Lowell,
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105
106
106
Unseen Spirits, by N. P. Willis,
106
Lady Clara Vere de Vere, by Alfred Tennyson, 107
Adversity, by Lord Bacon,
107
108
Star,
Hymn for the First of August,
The Celestial Railroad, by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Sonnet to J. M. K., by Alfred Tennyson,
The Leveller, by " Barry Cornwall,"
The Solemn Song of a Righteous Hearte, by Wil-
liam Motherwell,
The Soul's Errand, by Joshua Sylvester,
Etty Rover, by L. E. L..
POEMS BY WILLIAM H. BURLEIGH.
"The Earth is the Lord's,"
H. A. B.,
Mary Howitt,
To my Quaker Cousin,
Stanzas, to the Abolitionists of America,
The Freeman,
Solitude,
Archy Moore, .
A Summer Morning in the Country,
Means of Civilization,
108
The Heart's Places of Worship,
109 The Scottish Reformers, by John G. Whittier,
The Slave's Dream, by Henry W. Longfellow,
110 Missionary Hymn for the South,
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110 The Fountain, by James Russell Lowell,
Maidenhood, by Henry W. Longfellow,
The Hymn of the dew,
The Irish Emigrant's Lament, by Mrs. Blackwood, 128
A Dirge, by James Russell Lowell,
Prison Discipline, by Lydia Maria Child,
129
130
The French Revolution, by William H. Burleigh, 134
Books for the People, by Anne C. Lynch,
The Pauper's Drive, by Baptist Noel,
The Chimney-Sweeper, by William Blake,
The Poor Man's Day, by Ebenezer Elliott,
The Temple of Nature, by Dr. Chatfield,
The Snow-Storm,
SONNETS BY HENRY ELLISON.
The Stars,
Thought,
World-Music,
Whom to Please,
An Answer,
To Keats,
How to seek Truth,
The Purpose of a Life,
Self-Greatness,
On Seeing a Poor Man to whom I had given
Clothing,
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135
136 Not on the Battle Field, by John Pierpont,
Sonnet, by William W. Story,
136
137
Sonnets on the Lord's Prayer, by Robt. T. Conrad, 143
Forest Wood, by Ebenezer Elliott,
The Human Sacrifice, by John G. Whittier, 145
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166
They are all Gone, by Henry Vaughan,
The Fairies of the Caldon-Low, by Mary Howitt, 166
Sweet Phosphor, bring the Day, by Francis
Quarles,
The Death-bed, by Thomas Hood,
Grace before Meat, by Charles Lamb,
The Ocean, by John Augustus Shea,
Hymn to the Flowers, by Horace Smith,
A Song, by Thomas Churchyard,
Love for All, by Lydia Maria Child,
Afar in the Desert, by Thomas Pringle,
The awakening of Endymion,
The Infant's Dream,
The Emigrant's Family,
A Funeral, by Henry Alford,
The Water Drinker's Song,
A Glance behind the Curtain, by James Russell
Lowell,
190
A Day in Autumn, by John H. Bryant,
192 Clear the Way, by Charles Mackay,
192 Sonnet, by Joseph Blanco White,
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192
To the Evening Wind, by William Cullen Bryant, 257
193 Labour, by Frances S. Osgood,
257
195
A Lyric for the Times, by James Russell Lowell,
199 Song, by Thomas Moore,
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200
A Requiem, by James Russell Lowell,
A Man's a Man, for a' that, by Robert Burns,
Footsteps of Angels, by Henry W. Longfellow,
Lines written on reading several Pamphlets pub-
lets published by Clergymen against the abo-
lition of the Gallows, by John G. Whittier,
Hunger and Cold, by James Russell Lowell,
Think of our Country's Glory, by Elizabeth M.
Chandler,
The Silver Tankard,
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204
204
205
207 Song, by Felicia D. Hemans,
208
POEMS BY MARY HOWITT.
A Forest Scene,
The Baron's Daughter,
The English Porcupine,
Birds,
Household Treasures,
Little Children,
The Cypress Tree of Ceylon, by J. G.Whittier,
It is Little, by Thomas N. Talford,
The Falconer, by James Russell Lowell,
Love and Live,
The Good, by Anne C. Lynch,
215
Epitome of War, by The "Ettrick Shepherd,"
The Free Mind, by William Lloyd Garrison,
The Revellers, by William D. Gallagher,
The Economy of Slavery, by Lydia Maria Child, 216 To a Waterfowl, by William Cullen Bryant,
Heart-Leap Well, by William Wordsworth,
"May I Come Up ?"
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220
The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother to her
Daughters, sold into Southern Bondage, by
John G.
Love and Faith, by Lydia Maria Child,
A Chippewa Legend, by James Russell Lowell, 221 We have been Friends together, by Caroline
Prometheus, by James Russell Lowell,
Hope, by Richard Penn Smith,
From Longfellow's Hyperion,
225
E. S. Norton,
The Yankee Girl, by John G. Whittier,
The Ballad of Casandra Southwick, by
A True Patriot, by James C. Fields,
Gone, by John G. Whittier,
Light, by Ebenezer Elliot,
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260
260
261
262
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263
Forefathers' Day, by James Russell Lowell,
264
From "Dream Love," by James Russell Lowell, 265
The Poor Man's Death Bed, by Caroline Southey, 267
267
Sonnet, by George S. Burleigh,
Elegy on the Death of Dr. Channing, by James
Russell Lowell,
Abou Ben Adhem, by Leigh Hunt,
The Wasted Flowers,
The Female Martyr, by John G. Whittier,
We live in Deeds not Years,
The Slave Ships, by John G. Whittier,
Husbands for Female Petitioners,
POEMS ON SOME INCIDETS OF ANTI-SLAVERY.
To the Memory of Charles B. Storrs, by John
G. Whittier,
Song of the Free, by John G. Whittier,
Clerical Oppressors, by John G. Whittier,
To the Memory of Thomas Shipley, by John
G. Whittier,
Lines written on the adoption of Pinckney's
Resolutions, in the House of Representa-
tives, and the passage of Calhoun's "Bill
of Abominations" to a second reading, in
the Senate of the United States. By John
G. Whittier,
The voice of Blood, by J. Blanchard,
Elijah P. Lovejoy, by William H. Burleigh,
Wendell Phillips, by James Russell Lowell,
A Word from a Petitioner, by John Pierpont,
The Tocsin, by John Pierpont,
John
On the Death of S. Oliver Torrey, by
G. Whittier,
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281
282
283
The One Idea, by Sarah Jane Clarke, .
Massachusetts to Virginia, by J. G. Whittier, 284
Texas, by John G. Whittier,
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287
The Branded Hand, by John G. Whittier,
To Toussaint L'Ouverture, by Wm. Words-
worth,
Leggett's Monument, by John G. Whittier,. 288
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