MORAL PIECES | |
A TRIBUTE | 1 |
CONTEMPLATION | 3 |
GOD DISPLAYED IN HIS WORKS | 4 |
THE STORM AT MIDNIGHT | 5 |
PROCRASTINATION | 6 |
THE GIVING OF THE BIBLE TO THE ESQUIMAUX | 9 |
DEATH OF AN INVALID | 13 |
ON THE DOVE'S LEAVING THE ARK | 14 |
THE SUSCEPTIBLE MIND | 18 |
GRATITUDE | 19 |
THE TEAR | 22 |
LIFE | 23 |
OUR COUNTRY | 24 |
ELECTION | 27 |
ON THE CHARACTER OF COMMODORE MACDONOUGH | 29 |
THE CONFLAGRATION AT WASHINGTON | 31 |
ADDRESS TO THE DEITY | 34 |
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF A VENERABLE FRIEND | 35 |
MALTA | 39 |
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INQUISITION AT GOA | 43 |
A FAREWELL TO THE MONTH | 46 |
ADDRESS TO THE NEW MONTH | 47 |
LINES – ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. WASHBURN | 49 |
ESSAYS | |
FILIAL DUTY | 53 |
NOVEL READING | 56 |
MEMORY | 59 |
ON A JUST ESTIMATION OF THE CHARACTER OF OTHERS | 66 |
ON SELF KNOWLEDGE | 72 |
ON COMPOSITION | 79 |
ON THE GOVERNMENT OF PASSIONS | 85 |
ON INDECISION | 91 |
ON MODESTY | 94 |
ON GRATITUDE | 95 |
ON HAPPINESS | 97 |
ON YOUTH | 99 |
ADDITIONAL POETICAL PIECES | |
MONTEVIDEO | 103 |
ON VISITING THE DESERTED GARDEN OF FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY | 107 |
THE DESERTION OF THE MUSE | 109 |
AN EXCUSE FOR NOT FULFILLING AN ENGAGEMENT | 113 |
THE RISING MOON | 115 |
SABBATH MORNING | 116 |
TO A FRIEND IN AFFLICTION | 117 |
THE PHILOSOPHER'S REPROOF VERSIFIED | 120 |
THE ADIEU | 121 |
FOR THE BLANK PAGE OF A NEW BIBLE | 122 |
EVENING THOUGHT | 123 |
TO A YOUNG LADY… | 124 |
VAIN PURSUITS | 125 |
REGARD DUE TO THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS | 126 |
A SUMMER MORNING | 127 |
THE QUEEN OF NIGHT | 128 |
THE COURAGE OF CESAR | 129 |
MORNING | 130 |
EVENING | 131 |
THE EQUANIMITY OF ZENO | 131 |
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. HOOKER | 132 |
REFLECTION | 133 |
A THOUGHT | 134 |
THE EVILS OF HASTE | 134 |
TRUST IN THE ALMIGHTY | 135 |
LIFE | 136 |
VANITY | 137 |
DECEPTION | 137 |
PSALM CXIX | 138 |
ON HEARING A TOLLING BELL | 139 |
TO A FRIEND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR | 140 |
ON THE DEPARTURE OF MRS. NOTT, WITH THE MISSIONARIES FOR INDIA | 140 |
FRIENDSHIP | 141 |
TRANSIENT JOY | 144 |
BIRTH DAY | 146 |
A MOON-LIGHT SCENE | 147 |
REQUEST | 148 |
CARES OF EARTH | 149 |
ADDRESS FROM A YOUNG PUPIL TO HER COMPANIONS | 151 |
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING | 154 |
DETACHED THOUGHTS | 157 |
FIRST OF SEPTEMBER 1813 | 173 |
PSALM CXIX | 175 |
THE ROSE | 179 |
POETICAL PIECES | |
PARAPHRASES OF THE PART OF THE BOOK OF AMOS | 181 |
LINES- ON HEARING A VENERABLE FRIEND SING AT MIDNIGHT | 190 |
TO A FRIEND, WHOSE CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED BY DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS | 195 |
ON A SLEEPING INFANT | 196 |
THE CARELESS HEART | 199 |
ON THE CHARACTER OF A VENERABLE FRIEND | 200 |
THE SOLITARY STAR | 201 |
THE VANITY OF LIFE | 204 |
PARTING | 205 |
THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER OF CHRIST | 206 |
ON HEARING A BELL TOLL BEFORE RISING | 206 |
THEY ROVE FOREVER | 208 |
TRIBUTE TO AN INSTRUCTOR | 209 |
ON SEEING THE MOON ATTENDED BY A SOLITARY STAR, JUST BEFORE SUNRISE | 212 |
POPE | 213 |
RAPIDITY OF TIME | 214 |
TO A FRIEND, WITH A PACKET OF GERANIUM LEAVES | 215 |
TWILIGHT | 215 |
EVENING EXAMINATION | 216 |
THE PARTING FRIEND | 217 |
THE BIRTH DAY OF A YOUNG LADY, WHO HAD RECENTLY LOST HER MOTHER | 219 |
THE LONGEST DAY | 220 |
TO A YOUNG FRIEND SLEEPING | 221 |
PARAPHRASE ON CLEOPATRA'S ADVICE TO MARK ANTHONY WHEN ANGLING | 222 |
IMPROVEMENT OF SCIPIO'S BOAST | 223 |
THE REPLY OF THE PHILOSOPHER ANAXARCHUS | 223 |
ANTISTHENES | 224 |
APPLICATION OF THE ROMAN PRECEPT | 225 |
THE SECLUSION OF BASIL | 226 |
THE FIRST MORNING OF MAY | 226 |
EVENING REFLECTION | 228 |
HYMN | 229 |
VICTORY | 231 |
THE FIRST WINTRY MORNING | 232 |
TO A FRIEND, ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF HER MARRIAGE | 234 |
THE RAINBOW | 235 |
THOUGHTS ON CHILDHOOD | 236 |
THE CREATION | 239 |
TO A FRIEND | 241 |
AUTUMNAL SCENE | 242 |
ON THE CONVENTION AT HARTFORD | 246 |
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RICHMOND THEATRE | 248 |
WRITTEN ON SEEING AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON | 250 |
GENERAL ST. CLAIR | 251 |
ON AN INFANT | 255 |
INVOCATION TO SOLITUDE AND THE MUSE | 257 |
VICISSITUDES OF NATURE | 258 |
MORNING PRAYER | 260 |
AT MID-DAY | 263 |
EVENING PRAYER | 264 |
