CONTENTS. Page How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? Elijah's Interview with God ... On a Naval Officer buried in the Atlantic Lo, we have left all, and followed Thee “ Return unto Me, and I will return unto thee” “ Whither shall I fly from Thy presence ?" 54 56 59 62 65 67 70 73 75 78 viii CONTENTS. Page The Sailor's Meditation, on Watch at Night “ Is this thy kindness to thy Friend ?” The Infant's address to departing Day-light Inscription on a Monument to S- P-S- To Ellen, weeping in Church on the Anniversary of her Father's Death, when Fifteen Years old “It doth not yet appear what we shall be” POEMS, CHIEFLY RELIGIOUS. “ HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND?" THE song of God, so nobly sung By angels in a higher sphere, Shall my unworthy heart and tongue Attempt its numbers here? With spirit cleaving to the dust, How should I hope to glow and soar ? How speak of heavenly joy and trust, Till I have felt them more? B An heir of guilt, a child of sin, An exile in a world like this, What should I find without, within, To match with Him and His ? In vain I spread my flickering wings; In vain I strive aloft to flee : I cannot sing of Thee! I want a seraph's lofty voice, I want a seraph’s soaring wing, Before I make such themes my choice, And God's dread glories sing. Thou needest not a note of mine To swell the triumphs of thy throne, Where myriads round thee bend and shine, And Heaven is all thy own ! |