THE

POETICAL WORKS

68862

OF

WILLIAM COWPER.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

SHEPARD, CLARK AND BROWN.

M.DCCC.LIX.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY H 0. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY

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

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v. Jehovah-Shalom.

VI. Wisdom...

The Lord send Peace.

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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.

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.

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

LI. Lively Hope and gracious Fear.

LII. For the Poor

LIII. My Soul thirsteth for God

LIV. Love constraining to Obedience

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LV. The Heart healed and changed by Mercy

LVI. Hatred of Sin.

LVII. The new Convert

LVIII. True and false Comforts.

LIX. A living and a dead Faith

LX. Abuse of the Gospel

LXI. The narrow Way

LXII. Dependence.

LXIII. Not of Works

LXIV. Praise for Faith.

LXV. Grace and Providence.

LXVI. I will praise the Lord at all times

Fragment of a Hymn..

The Triumph of Heavenly Love desired.

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

Living Water

Unhappy Men

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

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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.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF

MILTON.

Elegy I. To Charles Deodati

Elegy II. On the Death of the University Beadle at

Cambridge

Elegy III. On the Death of the Bishop of Winchester

Elegy IV. To his Tutor Thomas Young

Elegy V. On the Approach of Spring

Elegy VI. To Charles Deodati.