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Hours of Sorrow

Charlotte Elliott (1789 - 1871)

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)

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	To the Reader	MaryAnn	00:02:50
Play 02	Sonnet to the Harp	MaryAnn	00:01:06
Play 03	Invocation to the Holy Spirit	MaryAnn	00:01:04
Play 04	The Minstrel	MaryAnn	00:01:18
Play 05	Address to Sorrow	MaryAnn	00:02:03
Play 06	The Wanderer	MaryAnn	00:01:04
Play 07	The Contrite Heart	MaryAnn	00:01:06
Play 08	The Æolian Harp	MaryAnn	00:01:15
Play 09	St. Matthew, v. 4	MaryAnn	00:01:09
Play 10	Retrospection	MaryAnn	00:01:19
Play 11	The Valley of Tears	MaryAnn	00:03:05
Play 12	The Skylark	MaryAnn	00:01:10
Play 13	The Moon over the Sea	MaryAnn	00:01:16
Play 14	On Sacred Music	MaryAnn	00:02:21
Play 15	On the same Subject	MaryAnn	00:01:03
Play 16	Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow	MaryAnn	00:03:54
Play 17	The Requiem	MaryAnn	00:03:04
Play 18	On Noah's Dove: a Similitude	MaryAnn	00:01:13
Play 19	The Vestal	MaryAnn	00:01:09
Play 20	On a Spring Morning	MaryAnn	00:01:04
Play 21	On an Early Violet	MaryAnn	00:01:39
Play 22	The "Still Small Voice"	MaryAnn	00:01:43
Play 23	To the Nightingale	MaryAnn	00:01:10
Play 24	A Search after Happiness	MaryAnn	00:04:08
Play 25	The Hour of Prayer	MaryAnn	00:01:27
Play 26	A Prayer at Midnight	MaryAnn	00:01:11
Play 27	"The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter"	MaryAnn	00:02:11
Play 28	Rest for the Weary	MaryAnn	00:01:01
Play 29	To one suffering from Deafness	MaryAnn	00:01:12
Play 30	On a Frosty Evening	MaryAnn	00:01:06
Play 31	On the Forget-me-not	MaryAnn	00:01:34
Play 32	To a Aged Christian on his Birth-day	MaryAnn	00:01:44
Play 33	On the Anniversary of a Child's Death	MaryAnn	00:01:10
Play 34	To a Widowed Friend	MaryAnn	00:01:08
Play 35	"She goeth unto the grave to weep there"	MaryAnn	00:01:32
Play 36	From a Dying Child	MaryAnn	00:01:54
Play 37	To the Evening-Star	MaryAnn	00:01:18
Play 38	The Christian near his Home	MaryAnn	00:02:38
Play 39	To one restless and unhappy	MaryAnn	00:01:43
Play 40	"My Son, give me thy Heart"	MaryAnn	00:01:49
Play 41	To a Friend setting out on a Journey	MaryAnn	00:01:25
Play 42	To one bereaved of many Relatives	MaryAnn	00:01:07
Play 43	The Death-bed of a Christian	MaryAnn	00:03:49
Play 44	A Dream	MaryAnn	00:03:39
Play 45	A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the Night	MaryAnn	00:03:13
Play 46	On the Death of Two Infants	MaryAnn	00:02:07
Play 47	Anticipations	MaryAnn	00:02:32
Play 48	On the Words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus	MaryAnn	00:01:48
Play 49	On a Young Friend's Illness	MaryAnn	00:01:54
Play 50	On a restless Night, in Illness	MaryAnn	00:01:08
Play 51	On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London	MaryAnn	00:02:21
Play 52	On an Infant who lived only a few Months	MaryAnn	00:01:19
Play 53	From a Mother to her departed Babe	MaryAnn	00:01:26
Play 54	Epitaph	MaryAnn	00:01:04
Play 55	To a bereaved Christian Friend	MaryAnn	00:01:20
Play 56	To "the Infant Lyra"	MaryAnn	00:02:50
Play 57	Prayer for the Consecration of Talent	MaryAnn	00:00:37
Play 58	The Pilgrim	MaryAnn	00:01:24
Play 59	To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise	MaryAnn	00:01:22
Play 60	To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter	MaryAnn	00:01:36
Play 61	To Faith. Written in Illness	MaryAnn	00:01:30
Play 62	"Have I not remembered Thee on my Bed?"	MaryAnn	00:01:25
Play 63	To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief	MaryAnn	00:01:03
Play 64	The Widowed Heart	MaryAnn	00:03:43
Play 65	"Thy will be done"	MaryAnn	00:01:25
Play 66	Prayer to the Saviour	MaryAnn	00:01:52
Play 67	On the Midnight preceding Good Friday	MaryAnn	00:01:47
Play 68	The Ark	MaryAnn	00:01:12
Play 69	"Be not faithless, but believing"	MaryAnn	00:00:55
Play 70	Written for one not likely to recover	MaryAnn	00:01:51
Play 71	To one deprived of Hearing at Church by Deafness	MaryAnn	00:01:04
Play 72	"Return unto thy Rest, O my Soul!"	MaryAnn	00:01:01
Play 73	On the Anniversary of a Friend's Death	MaryAnn	00:01:42
Play 74	"All things are become new"	MaryAnn	00:01:12
Play 75	To one who had lost an only Sister	MaryAnn	00:02:11
Play 76	Hymn for a Dying Bed	MaryAnn	00:01:05
Play 77	Prayer for a departing Spirit	MaryAnn	00:02:09
Play 78	Hymn of the emancipated Soul	MaryAnn	00:02:05
Play 79	Closing Sonnet	MaryAnn	00:01:26

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