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Book: Violin Songs

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  • Hope Deferred
    Summer is come again. The sun is bright,
    And the soft wind is breathing. Airy joy
    60 lines
  • Death
    When in the bosom of the eldest night
    This body lies, cold as a sculptured rest;
    32 lines
  • Hard Times
    I am weary, and very lonely,
    And can but think--think.
    17 lines
  • Going To Sleep
    Little one, you must not fret
    That I take your clothes away;
    20 lines
  • If I Were A Monk, And If Thou Wert A Nun
    If I were a monk, and thou wert a nun,
    Pacing it wearily, wearily,
    66 lines
  • Two In One
    Were thou and I the white pinions
    On some eager, heaven-born dove,
    16 lines
  • My Heart
    I.
    Night, with her power to silence day,
    57 lines
  • Faith
    "Earth, if aught should check thy race,
    Rushing through unfended space,
    16 lines
  • The Flower-Angels
    Of old, with goodwill from the skies--
    God's message to them given--
    24 lines
  • A Father To A Mother
    When God's own child came down to earth,
    High heaven was very glad;
    8 lines
  • To My Sister: On Her Twenty-First Birthday
    I.
    Old fables are not all a lie
    39 lines
  • Foolish Children
    Waking in the night to pray,
    Sleeping when the answer comes,
    24 lines
  • Oh Thou Of Little Faith
    Sad-hearted, be at peace: the snowdrop lies
    Buried in sepulchre of ghastly snow;
    12 lines
  • Our Ship
    Had I a great ship coming home,
    With big plunge o'er the sea,
    8 lines
  • Wild Flowers
    Content Primroses,
    With hearts at rest in your thick leaves' soft care,
    77 lines
  • A Prayer
    Thou who mad'st the mighty clock
    Of the great world go;
    16 lines
  • Spring Song
    Days of old,
    Ye are not dead, though gone from me;
    8 lines
  • The Temple of God
    In the desert by the bush,
    Moses to his heart said \Hush\.
    20 lines
  • Summer Song
    "Murmuring, 'twixt a murmur and moan,
    Many a tune in a single tone,
    24 lines
  • To-Morrow
    My TO-MORROW is but a flitting
    Fancy of the brain;
    12 lines
  • Autumn Song
    Autumn clouds are flying, flying
    O'er the waste of blue;
    40 lines
  • Love Is Home
    Love is the part, and love is the whole;
    Love is the robe, and love is the pall;
    30 lines
  • Winter Song
    They were parted then at last?
    Was it duty, or force, or fate?
    8 lines
  • Waiting
    I waited for the Master
    In the darkness dumb;
    8 lines
  • Picture Songs
    I.
    A pale green sky is gleaming;
    58 lines
  • My Heart Thy Lark
    Why dost thou want to sing
    When thou hast no song, my heart?
    16 lines
  • A Dream Song
    I dreamed of a song--I heard it sung;
    In the ear of my soul its strange notes rung.
    22 lines
  • Bedtime
    "Come, children, put away your toys;
    Roll up that kite's long line;
    18 lines
  • At My Window After Sunset
    Heaven and the sea attend the dying day,
    And in their sadness overflow and blend--
    48 lines
  • A Song Prayer
    Lord Jesus,
    Oh, ease us
    36 lines
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