THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COWPER.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

M.DCCC.LIII.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
232946

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
1901

RIVERSIDE,

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

STEREOTYPED BY STONE AND SMART.

CONTENTS.

VOL. III.

HYMNS..

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I. WALKING with God

II. Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord will provide

III. Jehovah-Rophi. I am the Lord that healeth

thee...

IV. Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord my Banner

V. Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord send Peace.

VI. Wisdom.

VII. Vanity of the World.

VIII. O Lord, I will praise thee.

IX. The contrite Heart..

X. The future Peace and Glory of the Church..

XI. Jehovah our Righteousness..

XII. Ephraim repenting.

XIII. The Covenant.

XIV. Jehovah-Shammah.

XV. Praise for the Fountain opened..

XVI. The Sower.

XVII. The House of Prayer

XVIII. Lovest thou me?

XIX. Contentment

XX. Old Testament Gospel..

XXI. Sardis

XXII. Prayer for a Blessing.

XXIII. Pleading for and with Youth..

XXIV. Prayer for Children.

XXV. Jehovah Jesus..

XXVI. On opening a Place for social Prayer.

XXVII. Welcome to the Table..

XXVIII. Jesus hasting to Supper..

XXIX. Exhortation to Prayer...

XXX. The Light and Glory of the Word.

XXXI. On the Death of a Minister...

XXXII. The shining Light..

XXXIII. Seeking the Beloved

XXXIV. Light shining out of Darkness.

XXXV. Welcome Cross.

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XXXVI. Afflictions sanctified by the Word.

XXXVII. Temptation

XXXVIII. Looking upwards in a Storm

XXXIX. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

XL. Peace after a Storm.

XLI. Mourning and Longing.

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XLII. Self-Acquaintance

XLIII. Prayer for Patience

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XLIV. Submission

XLV. The happy Change

XLVI. Retirement

XLVII. The hidden Life.

XLVIII. Joy and Peace in Believing

XLIX. True Pleasures.

L. The Christian

LI. Lively Hope and gracious Fear.

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LII. For the Poor

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LXVI. I will praise the Lord at all times.

A figurative Description of the Procedure of Divine

Love

A Child of God longing to see him beloved

Aspirations of the Soul after God.

Gratitude and Love to God...

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Happy Solitude- Unhappy Men

Living Water

Truth and Divine Love rejected by the World.

Divine Justice amiable.

The Soul that loves God finds him everywhere

The Testimony of Divine Adoption.

Divine Love endures no rival

Self-diffidence

The acquiescence of pure Love.

Repose in God

Glory to God alone.

Self-Love and Truth incompatible

The Love of God, the End of Life

Love faithful in the Absence of the Beloved

Love pure and fervent.

The entire Surrender

The perfect Sacrifice.

God hides his People

The Secrets of Divine Love are to be kept.

The

Vicissitudes experienced in the Christian Life

Watching unto God in the Night Season..

On the same..

On the same.

The Joy of the Cross

Joy in Martyrdom..

Simple Trust

The Necessity of Self-abasement

Love increased by Suffering..

Scenes favourable to Meditation

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TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF

MILTON.

Elegy I. To Charles Deodati

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Elegy II. On the Death of the University Beadle at

Cambridge

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Elegy III. On the Death of the Bishop of Winchester