Book: Lyrics of the Hearthside

• A Choice

  They please me not-- these solemn songs
  That hint of sermons covered up.

  8 lines, 2 comments
• Distinction

  "I am but clay," the sinner plead,
  Who fed each vain desire.

  4 lines
• The Paradox

  I am the mother of sorrows,
  I am the ender of grief;

  32 lines
• Sympathy

  I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
  When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;

  22 lines, 6 comments
• Theology

  There is a heaven, for ever, day by day,
  The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so.

  4 lines, 2 comments

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