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Hours of Sorrow

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)

Year of Publication: 1836Genres: Single author

Running Time: 02 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	To the Reader MaryAnn	2:50
2	Sonnet to the Harp MaryAnn	1:06
3	Invocation to the Holy Spirit MaryAnn	1:04
4	The Minstrel MaryAnn	1:18
5	Address to Sorrow MaryAnn	2:03
6	The Wanderer MaryAnn	1:04
7	The Contrite Heart MaryAnn	1:06
8	The Æolian Harp MaryAnn	1:15
9	St. Matthew, v. 4 MaryAnn	1:09
10	Retrospection MaryAnn	1:19
11	The Valley of Tears MaryAnn	3:05
12	The Skylark MaryAnn	1:10
13	The Moon over the Sea MaryAnn	1:16
14	On Sacred Music MaryAnn	2:21
15	On the same Subject MaryAnn	1:03
16	Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow MaryAnn	3:54
17	The Requiem MaryAnn	3:04
18	On Noah's Dove: a Similitude MaryAnn	1:13
19	The Vestal MaryAnn	1:09
20	On a Spring Morning MaryAnn	1:04
21	On an Early Violet MaryAnn	1:39
22	The "Still Small Voice" MaryAnn	1:43
23	To the Nightingale MaryAnn	1:10
24	A Search after Happiness MaryAnn	4:08
25	The Hour of Prayer MaryAnn	1:27
26	A Prayer at Midnight MaryAnn	1:11
27	"The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter" MaryAnn	2:11
28	Rest for the Weary MaryAnn	1:01
29	To one suffering from Deafness MaryAnn	1:12
30	On a Frosty Evening MaryAnn	1:06
31	On the Forget-me-not MaryAnn	1:34
32	To a Aged Christian on his Birth-day MaryAnn	1:44
33	On the Anniversary of a Child's Death MaryAnn	1:10
34	To a Widowed Friend MaryAnn	1:08
35	"She goeth unto the grave to weep there" MaryAnn	1:32
36	From a Dying Child MaryAnn	1:54
37	To the Evening-Star MaryAnn	1:18
38	The Christian near his Home MaryAnn	2:38
39	To one restless and unhappy MaryAnn	1:43
40	"My Son, give me thy Heart" MaryAnn	1:49
41	To a Friend setting out on a Journey MaryAnn	1:25
42	To one bereaved of many Relatives MaryAnn	1:07
43	The Death-bed of a Christian MaryAnn	3:49
44	A Dream MaryAnn	3:39
45	A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the Night MaryAnn	3:13
46	On the Death of Two Infants MaryAnn	2:07
47	Anticipations MaryAnn	2:32
48	On the Words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus MaryAnn	1:48
49	On a Young Friend's Illness MaryAnn	1:54
50	On a restless Night, in Illness MaryAnn	1:08
51	On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London MaryAnn	2:21
52	On an Infant who lived only a few Months MaryAnn	1:19
53	From a Mother to her departed Babe MaryAnn	1:26
54	Epitaph MaryAnn	1:04
55	To a bereaved Christian Friend MaryAnn	1:20
56	To "the Infant Lyra" MaryAnn	2:50
57	Prayer for the Consecration of Talent MaryAnn	0:37
58	The Pilgrim MaryAnn	1:24
59	To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise MaryAnn	1:22
60	To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter MaryAnn	1:36
61	To Faith. Written in Illness MaryAnn	1:30
62	"Have I not remembered Thee on my Bed?" MaryAnn	1:25
63	To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief MaryAnn	1:03
64	The Widowed Heart MaryAnn	3:43
65	"Thy will be done" MaryAnn	1:25
66	Prayer to the Saviour MaryAnn	1:52
67	On the Midnight preceding Good Friday MaryAnn	1:47
68	The Ark MaryAnn	1:12
69	"Be not faithless, but believing" MaryAnn	0:55
70	Written for one not likely to recover MaryAnn	1:51
71	To one deprived of Hearing at Church by Deafness MaryAnn	1:04
72	"Return unto thy Rest, O my Soul!" MaryAnn	1:01
73	On the Anniversary of a Friend's Death MaryAnn	1:42
74	"All things are become new" MaryAnn	1:12
75	To one who had lost an only Sister MaryAnn	2:11
76	Hymn for a Dying Bed MaryAnn	1:05
77	Prayer for a departing Spirit MaryAnn	2:09
78	Hymn of the emancipated Soul MaryAnn	2:05
79	Closing Sonnet MaryAnn	1:26