A Cry from South Africa (James Montgomery Poems)
Africa, from her remotest strand, Lifts to high heaven one fetter'd hand, And to the utmost of her chain Stretches the other o'er ...
Africa, from her remotest strand, Lifts to high heaven one fetter'd hand, And to the utmost of her chain Stretches the other o'er ...
A poor wayfaring Man of griefHath often crossed me on my way,Who sued so humbly for reliefThat I could never ...
There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside, Where brighter suns dispense serener ...
Light as a flake of foam upon the wind,Keel-upward from the deep emerged a shell,Shaped like the moon ere half ...
Awhile she lay all passive to the touchOf those small fingers, and the soft, soft lipsSoliciting the sweet nutrition thence,While ...
Art thou a woman? — so am I; and all That woman can be, I have been, or am; A daughter, sister, ...
A fountain issuing into lightBefore a marble palace, threwTo heaven its column, pure and bright,Returning thence in showers of dew;But ...
Hail to the Lord's AnointedGreat David's greater Son:Hail, in the time appointed,His reign on earth begun!He comes with succour speedy,To ...
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,Unuttered or expressed;The motion of a hidden fire,That trembles in the breast.Prayer is the burden ...
There is a flower, a little flowerWith silver crest and golden eye,That welcomes every changing hour,And weathers every sky.The prouder ...
The God of nature and of graceIn all His works appears;His goodness through the earth we trace,His grandeur in the ...
There is a land, of every land the pride,Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside;Where brighter suns dispense serener ...
Welcome! welcome! little stranger,Welcome to my lone retreat,Here, secure from every danger,Hop about, and chirp, and eat.Robin! how I envy ...
Songs of praise the angels sang,Heav'n with alleluias rang,When creation was begun,When God spoke and it was done.Songs of praise ...
Rosy red the hills appearWith the light of morning,Beauteous clouds, in aether clear,All the east adorning;White through the mist the ...
To Thy temple I repair;Lord, I love to worship thereWhen within the veil I meetChrist before the mercy seat.I through ...
Sow in the morn thy seed,At eve hold not thy hand;To doubt and fear give thou no heed,Broadcast it o'er ...
Sweet Sabbath of the year!While evening lights decay,Thy parting steps methinks I hearSteal from the world away.Amid thy silent bowers,'Tis ...
O God! Thou art my God alone;Early to Thee my soul shall cry;A pilgrim in a land unknown,A thirsty land ...
O Spirit of the living God,In all Thy plenitude of grace,Where'er the foot of man hath trod,Descend on our apostate ...
What secret hand at morning light,By stealth unseals mine eye,Draws back the curtain of the night,And opens earth and sky?'Tis ...
"For ever with the Lord!"Amen, so let it be;Life from the dead is in that word,'Tis immortality.Here in the body ...
Lord, teach us how to pray aright,With reverence and with fear;Though dust and ashes in Thy sight,We may, we must ...
Sweet was the scene! apart the cedars stood.A sunny islet open'd in the wood;With vernal tints the wild-brier as thicket ...
Almighty Spirit, now beholdA world by sin destroyed:Creating Spirit, as of old,Move on the formless void,Move on the formless void.Give ...
When Jesus left His Father's throne,He chose a humble birth;Like us, unhonored and unknown,He came to dwell on earth.Like Him ...
Father of light, and life, and love!Thyself to us reveal;As saints below, and saints above,Thy sacred presence feel.Not with the ...
From heaven descend the drops of dew,From heaven the gracious showers,Earth's winter aspect to renew,And clothe the spring with flowers;From ...
Stand up and bless the LordYe people of His choice;Stand up and bless the Lord your GodWith heart and soul ...
People of the living God,I have sought the world around;Paths of sin and sorrow trod,Peace and comfort nowhere found:Now to ...
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