Moslem Worship (John Pierpont Poems)
This is a very pleasant sight,—The Moslems thronging to the squareThat lies before their house of prayer!Through narrow streets, that ...
This is a very pleasant sight,—The Moslems thronging to the squareThat lies before their house of prayer!Through narrow streets, that ...
There was, some eighteen years or more ago,A young man, a parishioner of mine,Whose name was Willard. There are Willards ...
How sadly hath this Sabbath day,O God, been spent by me,Cribbed close beneath a narrow deck,Washed by the frequent sea,An ...
They are all gone, but one.—A daughter and a sonWere, from my parents, early taken away;And my own childhood's joyWas ...
I saw her mother's eye of loveAs gently on her rest,As falls the light of evening's sunUpon a lily's breast.And ...
To God, to God alone,This temple have we reared;To God, who holds a throneUnshaken and unshared.Sole King of Heaven,Who 'st ...
Servants of God most high,Who on his word rely,By ancient seers and holy prophets spoken—That all the chains that gallThe ...
Weary travellers are we,And our word is briefly spoken;We must lean on charity,For our "stay and staff" is broken.We are ...
"Grace is deceitful, and beauty vain."—Solomon.O, say not, wisest of all the kingsThat have risen on Israel's throne to reign,Say ...
Awake! awake! and take the pledge,Without a fear or doubt!'T will weave around your heart a hedge,To keep the demon ...
To the Emerald Isle, where our kindred are dwelling,And where the remains of our forefathers sleep,Our eyes turn to-day, with ...
Dash to the floor that bowl!Dare not its sweets to sip!There's peril to the soul,If once it touch the lip.Why ...
To E.C.S. to the memory of her sisterDear sister! we were little girlsWhen we were standing by,With eyes brim full ...
Fill a bumper of water that's pure from the spring,Bright sparkling and clear as the glass,And with rapture the joyous ...
Almighty God! thou GiverOf all our sunny plains,That stretch from sea to river,Hear'st thou thy children's chains?Seest thou the snappered ...
When the trump of FameLoud sounding Freedom's call, Freedom's call,Bids in Freedom's name,To fight or bravely fall, bravely fall,Bold the ...
Stranger, there is bending o'er theeMany an eye with sorrow wet;All our stricken hearts deplore thee;Who, that knew thee, can ...
Mighty One, whose name is holy,Thou wilt save thy work alive;And the spirit of the lowlyThou wilt visit and revive.What ...
This day, O God, thy blessed handHath thrown wide open all thy stores,And filled with bounty every land,The sea, and ...
I've signed the pledge! It is the bondBetween my God and me—'Tis done!—I've broke th' enchanted wand;I breathe—I live—I'm free!Darkness, ...
With thy pure dews and rains,Wash out, O God, the stains,From Afric's shore;And, while her palm trees bud,Let not her ...
The winds and waves were roaring;The Pilgrims met for prayer;And here, their God adoring,They stood, in open air.When breaking day ...
"And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives."—Matth. xxvi. 30.There's something sweet in ...
The winds and waves were roaring;The Pilgrims met for prayer;And here, their God adoring,They stood, in open air.When breaking day ...
O, that the Lord would hearOur supplicating cry;In our behalf appear,A Saviour ever nigh;And shine in every woman's heart,That she ...
Father spare that cup,Thy daughter's feelings spareIt stirs thy passions up,And fills me with despair.Husband! spare that glass,It breaks my ...
O, not for thee weep;—we weepFor her, whose lone and long caress,And widow's tears, from fountains deep,Fall on the early ...
Break ye the bread, and pour the wine,As ye have seen your Master do;This body and this blood of mineIs ...
My country! 'tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty—Of thee I sing,Land where my fathers died;Land of the pilgrim's pride;From every ...
Some love to roamWhere the glasses foam,And the poison circles free—But a chosen band,In a rescued land,And a Temperance Life ...
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