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Hours of Sorrow

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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) (2 hr 15 min)

Chapters

To the Reader

2:50

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Sonnet to the Harp

1:06

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Invocation to the Holy Spirit

1:04

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The Minstrel

1:18

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Address to Sorrow

2:03

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The Wanderer

1:04

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The Contrite Heart

1:06

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The Æolian Harp

1:15

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St. Matthew, v. 4

1:09

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Retrospection

1:19

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The Valley of Tears

3:05

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The Skylark

1:10

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The Moon over the Sea

1:16

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On Sacred Music

2:21

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On the same Subject

1:03

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Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow

3:54

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The Requiem

3:04

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On Noah's Dove: a Similitude

1:13

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The Vestal

1:09

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On a Spring Morning

1:04

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On an Early Violet

1:39

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The "Still Small Voice"

1:43

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To the Nightingale

1:10

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A Search after Happiness

4:08

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The Hour of Prayer

1:27

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A Prayer at Midnight

1:11

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"The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter"

2:11

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Rest for the Weary

1:01

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To one suffering from Deafness

1:12

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On a Frosty Evening

1:06

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On the Forget-me-not

1:34

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To a Aged Christian on his Birth-day

1:44

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On the Anniversary of a Child's Death

1:10

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To a Widowed Friend

1:08

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"She goeth unto the grave to weep there"

1:32

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From a Dying Child

1:54

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To the Evening-Star

1:18

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The Christian near his Home

2:38

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To one restless and unhappy

1:43

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"My Son, give me thy Heart"

1:49

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To a Friend setting out on a Journey

1:25

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To one bereaved of many Relatives

1:07

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The Death-bed of a Christian

3:49

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A Dream

3:39

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A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the Night

3:13

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On the Death of Two Infants

2:07

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Anticipations

2:32

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On the Words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus

1:48

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On a Young Friend's Illness

1:54

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On a restless Night, in Illness

1:08

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On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London

2:21

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On an Infant who lived only a few Months

1:19

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From a Mother to her departed Babe

1:26

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Epitaph

1:04

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To a bereaved Christian Friend

1:20

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To "the Infant Lyra"

2:50

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Prayer for the Consecration of Talent

0:37

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The Pilgrim

1:24

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To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise

1:22

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To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter

1:36

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To Faith. Written in Illness

1:30

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"Have I not remembered Thee on my Bed?"

1:25

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To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief

1:03

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The Widowed Heart

3:43

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"Thy will be done"

1:25

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Prayer to the Saviour

1:52

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On the Midnight preceding Good Friday

1:47

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The Ark

1:12

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"Be not faithless, but believing"

0:55

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Written for one not likely to recover

1:51

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To one deprived of Hearing at Church by Deafness

1:04

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"Return unto thy Rest, O my Soul!"

1:01

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On the Anniversary of a Friend's Death

1:42

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"All things are become new"

1:12

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To one who had lost an only Sister

2:11

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Hymn for a Dying Bed

1:05

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Prayer for a departing Spirit

2:09

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Hymn of the emancipated Soul

2:05

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Closing Sonnet

1:26

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