LONDON :
WERTHEIM AND MACINTOSH,

24, Paternoster Row.

1953.
280. v. 185.

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Shall we Mourn for the Dead ?-ANON . . . 7
The Mother's Comfort-MOULTRIE . . .
A Mother's Dirge over her Child -- Moir .
The Infant's Smile in Death-MRS. SIGOURNEY . 13
Voices from the Dead . . . . .
The Dying Child to its Mother--CECIL . . . 14
The Grave of a Little Boy-ANON . . . .

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The Early Dead-MOORE .

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Flowers for the Early Dead-MRS. HEMANS . .
Spirits of the Loved and Lost-MRS SIGOURNEY
On the Death of a beloved Child-BRYANT
We are Born to Die-HOMER. ..
Voices from Glory . . . . .
Death, what art thou ?-TUPPER .
An early Death-bed an early Crown - WELLS OF BA
Resignation-LONGFELLOW . . . .
The Dying Child-Miss LANDON . . . .
Flowers for the Heart-ELLIOT . . . .
We are cut down like Grass-Tasso.
Thoughts while making the Grave of W LIS

a New-born Child . . ) "
'Twere vain to tell us not to Weep-MONTGOMERY.
On the Death of my little Son--SIR JOHN BEAUMONT
Consolation . . .

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When a Mother meets on high-SOUTHEY .
Where is the Spirit gone ?-Mrs. HEMANS . . 40
Thine Image is before me now-DALE : ..

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Rest of the Grave-LOGAN . . . . . 43
On the Death of an Infant-ANON . . . . 44
Death of the Beautiful-KIRKE WHITE . . .
What is Life ?-MILNES. .

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On seeing a beautiful Statue of a ) ALARIC A. WATTS

Dead Child . . . .)
Death easy in prospect of Heaven-DR. WATTS .
How they so softly Sleep-LONGFELLOW . . .
I saw thee Declining . . . . .
Thou art Gone Home-MRS. HEMANS .
The First Day of Death-BYRON . .
Weep not for the Gathered Rose—ANON .
The Happy Death-ANON ,
Thou art Gone to the Grave-HEBER

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A Mother's Resignation—ANON .
They leave us One by One—Mrs. HEMANS
A Simile—DALE . . . .
A Mother lamenting her Children-Hon. Mrs. NORTON
On seeing a Deceased Infant- PEABODY . . 62
Burial of the Dead-KEBLE . . . . . .
To a Dying Infant-Miss BOWLES . . . 67
The Little Shroud-Miss LANDON . . . . 70
He has passed away like a beautiful Dream . ..
On the loss of Beloved Ones—PETER KEIR FALKIRK

INDEX TO PROSE.

NAMES OF THE AUTHORS OF THE EXTRACTS.

BAXTER . . . .
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH .
BISHOP HORNE . .
St. EPHRAIM . . .
Bishop SHIRLEY .
DR. CUMMING'. .
Rev. John BRADFORD
LUCAS . . .
MERRICK.
BISHOP HORNE
A Guess at Truth .
St. HILARY OF POITIERS.
PASCAL . . . .
BISHOP HOOPER . .
ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON .
DR. Knox
BISHOP JEWELL . .