Index of First Lines
[523]A rock there is whose homely front 200

[524]A saint, to few but God well known 151

[525]A wreathed garland of deserved praise 48

[526]Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide 247

[527]Again, O Lord, I ope my eyes 242

[528]Ah! ev'ry day mid bring a while 267

[529]Ah! give me, Lord, the single eye 170

[530]Ah! what time wilt Thou come? when shall that cry 108

[531]Alas, my God, that we should be 136

[532]Alas! my Lord is going 51

[533]All after pleasures as I rid one day 32

[534]All praise to Him who dwells in bliss 175

[535]Almighty Father of mankind 167

[536]And do they so! have they a sense 91

[537]Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat 180

[538]As are those apples, pleasant to the eye 25

[539]As due by many titles, I resign 19

[540]As I in hoary Winter's night stood shivering in the snow 14

[541]As I wer readen ov a stwone 265

[542]As in the night I restless lie 150

[543]As on my bed at dawn I mused and pray'd 321

[544]At midnight, when yon azure fields on high 318

[545]At noon a shower had fallen, and the clime 319

[546]At the Lord's Table waiting, robed and stoled 319

[547]At the round earth's imagined corners blow 19

[548]Ave Maria! blessed Maid 223

[549]Avore the time when zuns went down 266

[550]Awake, my Soul, and with the sun 142

[551]Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes 193

[552]Away, despair! my gracious Lord doth hear 44

[553]Behold the sun, that seem'd but now 135

[554]Behold we come, dear Lord, to Thee 134

[555]Beneath a sable veil and shadows deep 25

[556]Beneath our feet and o'er our head 198

[557]Be not afraid to pray -- to pray is right 240

[558]Bethlehem, above all cities blest 263

[559]Bless'd are the pure in heart 223

[560]Blest be Thy love, dear Lord 130

[561]Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy 67

[562]Bright Queen of Heaven? God's Virgin Spouse 99

[563]Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss 82

[564]Brightest and best of the Sons of the morning 194

[565]By cool Siloam's shady rill 196

[566]Can I see another's woe 186

[567]Children of the Heavenly King 179

[568]Christ, Whose glory fills the skies 175

[569]Close now thine eyes, and rest secure 123

[570]Come, let us join our friends above 176

[571]Come, O Thou Traveller unknown 172

[572]Come, Thou long-expected Jesus 171

[573]Come, we shepherds, whose blest sight 111

[574]Compared with Christ, in all beside 171

[575]Creator Spirit, by whose aid 138

[576]Dear, beauteous Saint! more white than Day 100

[577]Dear be the Church, that, watching o'er the needs 204

[578]Dear Lord, 'tis finish'd! and now he 79

[579]Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing 50

[580]Death was full urgent with thee, Sister dear 294

[581]Doom'd as we are our native dust 203

[582]Draw, Holy Ghost, Thy seven-fold veil 230

[583]Draw near as early as we may 260

[584]Each thing below here hath its day 75

[585]Each trial has its weight; which, whoso bears 288

[586]E'en like two little bank-dividing brooks 121

[587]Eternal God! Maker of all 83

[588]Eternal Mover, whose diffused glory 58

[589]Fain would my thoughts fly up to Thee 131

[590]Fair, solitary path! whose blessed shades 85

[591]Fairest of all the lights above 155

[592]Fairest of morning lights appear 69

[593]Far, far on other isles 259

[594]Far from the world, O Lord, I flee 184

[595]Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race 67

[596]For ever with the Lord 188

[597]Fountain of Sweets! Eternal Dove 116

[598]Frail Life! in which, through mists of human breath 68

[599]Fresh fields and woods! the Earth's fair face 92

[600]From pain to pain, from woe to woe 317

[601]Give me a tender spotless child 252

[602]Give me the lowest place: not that I dare 274

[603]Give me the wings of faith to rise 158

[604]Glory to God! and to the Power Who came 204

[605]Glory to Thee, my God, this night 144

[606]God of the living, in Whose eyes 311

[607]God that madest Earth and Heaven 198

[608]Go not far from me, O my strength 312

[609]Great God Who knowest each man's need 323

[610]Hail, scenes of holy grandeur! hail 243

[611]Happy me! O happy sheep 112

[612]Happy those early days, when I 80

[613]Hark! how all the welkin rings 174

[614]Hark how the birds do sing 40

[615]Hark, my soul, how every thing 132

[616]Hark, my soul! it is the Lord 182

[617]Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes 161

[618]Hark, the sound of holy voices, chanting at the crystal sea 311

[619]Hear me, O God 24

[620]Hear what the voice from Heaven proclaims 157

[621]Heaven in the depth and height is seen 255

[622]Heavenly Messias, sweet anointed King 16

[623]He is gone -- beyond the skies 309

[624]Here is the spring where waters flow 12

[625]Her eyes are homes of silent prayer 324

[626]He sang of God -- the mighty source 164

[627]Hierusalem, my happy home 17

[628]Hither thou com'st: the busy wind all night 96

[629]Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty 195

[630]Holy is the sick man's room 260

[631]How are Thy servants blest, O Lord 139

[632]How beautiful it is to be alive 275

[633]How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean 46

[634]How long, great God, how long must I 120

[635]How peacefully the broad and golden moon 322

[636]How shall I sing that Majesty 135

[637]How soon doth man decay 35

[638]How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds 180

[639]Hues of the rich unfolding morn 231

[640]Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber 158

[641]I cannot reach it; And my striving eye 81

[642]I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be 270

[643]I have a life with Christ to live 280

[644]I heard the voice of Jesus say 308

[645]I landed on Iona's holy isle 319

[646]I mark'd a rainbow in the north 212

[647]I mark'd when vernal meads were bright 253

[648]I oft recal the moments dear 147

[649]I praised the Earth, in beauty seen 196

[650]I rise and raise my clasped hands to Thee 300

[651]1 said sometimes with tears 128

[652]I saw Eternity the other night 102

[653]I saw thee once, and nought discern'd 284

[654]1 saw this day a miser old 147

[655]I say to thee, do thou repeat 234

[656]I sing the birth was born to-night 23

[657]I sought for Peace, but could not find 77

[658]I thought to meet no more, so dreary seem'd 261

[659]I travell'd on, seeing the hill, where lay 41

[660]I walk'd the other day, (to spend my hour) 93

[661]I worship Thee, sweet Will of God 316

[662]I'd a dream to-night 269

[663]I'm wearin' awa', John 241

[664]Iesu is in my heart; His sacred name 51

[665]If any have an ear 89

[666]If I could shut the gate against my thoughts 28

[667]If we could see below 43

[668]If we with earnest effort could succeed 237

[669]In childhood, when with eager eyes 283

[670]In evil long I took delight 179

[671]In some lone walk through sunburnt fields 302

[672]In stature perfect, and with every gift 241

[673]In the bleak mid-winter 272

[674]In the hour of my distress 74

[675]In this world, (the Isle of Dreams) 71

[676]In token that thou shalt not fear 239

[677]Infinite Power, Eternal Lord 155

[678]It is a beauteous evening, calm and free 205

[679]Jerusalem, that place divine 26

[680]Jesus! I love Thy charming name 160

[681]Jesu, Lover of my soul 177

[682]Jesus! why dost Thou love me so 313

[683]Justice doth call for vengeance on my sins 76

[684]King of glory, King of peace 42

[685]Lamb of God, I look to Thee 172

[686]Late, late, so late! and dark the night and chill 323

[687]Latest born of Jesse's race 286

[688]Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom 300

[689]Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust 10

[690]Let all the world in every corner sing 28

[691]Let folly praise that fancy loves, I praise and love that Child 15

[692]Let not the sluggish sleep 23

[693]Let wits contest 48

[694]Lift up your, heads, great Gates, and sing 116

[695]Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart 307

[696]Little lamb, who made thee 187

[697]Lo, cast at random on the wild sea land 254

[698]Lo, when back mine eye 20

[699]Lord, come away 127

[700]Lord, I have wrestled through the livelong night 304

[701]Lord, in this dust Thy sovereign voice 282

[702]Lord, in Thy Name Thy servants plead 258

[703]Lord, it belongs not to my care 128

[704]Lord! it is not life to live 171

[705]Lord Jesus, loving hearts and dear 262

[706]Lord, let the angels praise Thy name 36

[707]Lord, make me coy and tender to offend 35

[708]Lord of my heart, by Thy last cry 219

[709]Lord of mercy and of might 195

[710]Lord, Thou hast given me a cell 73

[711]Lord, weary of a painful way 237

[712]Lord, what unvalued pleasures crown'd 58

[713]Lord, when I lift mine eyes to Thee 304

[714]Lord, when the sense of Thy sweet grace 111

[715]Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round 29

[716]Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back 51

[717]Love, lift me up upon thy golden wings 3

[718]Man is permitted much 293

[719]Mark you the floor? that square and speckled stone 30

[720]Meeting with Time, 'Slack thing,' said I 38

[721]Messiah! at Thy glad approach 167

[722]Methinks I draw but sickly breath 27

[723]More oft than once Death whisper'd in mine ear 24

[724]Mother of God! O, not in vain 263

[725]My glass is half unspent; Forbear t' arrest 123

[726]My God and King! to Thee 87

[727]My God, now I from sleep awake 145

[728]My God, where is that ancient heat towards Thee 28

[729]My joy, my Life, my Crown 29

[730]My little son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes 278

[731]My Lord, my Love, was crucified 134

[732]My soul doth pant towards Thee 126

[733]My soul, there is a country 90

[734]My spirit longeth for Thee 161

[735]My sun has set, I dwell 273

[736]Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore 22

[737]Never yet could careless Sleep 114

[738]No; 'tis in vain to seek for bliss 153

[739]Not seldom, clad in radiant vest 205

[740]Now gladdeth every living creature 1

[741]Nurse, let me draw the baby's veil aside 257

[742]O aged Saint? far off I heard 284

[743]O book! Life's guide! how shall we part 84

[744]O comrade bold, of toil and pain 291

[745]O Day most calm, most bright 31

[746]O day of life, of light, of love 110

[747]O fool, of short-lived goods possest 146

[748]O God! I know and do confess 87

[749]O God, impart Thy blessing to my cries 320

[750]O God, our help in ages past 157

[751]O Gracious God, O Saviour sweet 15

[752]O holiest Truth! how have I lied to Thee 300

[753]O holy, holy, holy Lord 153

[754]O Holy Lord, who with the Children Three 292

[755]O let me climb 81

[756]O Lord, how wonderful in depth and height 294

[757]O Lord, my best desire fulfil 183

[758]O Lord my God, do Thou Thy holy will 217

[759]O man, forgive thy mortal foe 325

[760]O Mighty God, Which for us men 11

[761]O only Source of all our light and life 279

[762]O sing the glories of our Lord 70

[763]O thou unknown, Almighty Cause 185

[764]O Thy bright looks! Thy glance of love 83

[765]O Years! and Age! Farewell 72

[766]Oft have I read of sunny realms, where skies are pure at even 249

[767]Oh blessing, wearing semblance of a curse 236

[768]Oh come and mourn with me awhile 317

[769]Oh God that madest earth and sky, the darkness and the day 198

[770]Oh help us, Lord! each hour of need 199

[771]Oh I could go through all life's troubles singing 314

[772]Oh! say not, dream not, heavenly notes 229

[773]Oh thou of dark forebodings drear 235

[774]Oh weep not o'er thy children's tomb 194

[775]Our doctor had call'd in another, I never had seen him before 325

[776]Pleasant are Thy courts above 248

[777]Poor Soul, the centre of my sinful earth 11

[778]Praise to God, immortal praise 192

[779]Praise to the Holiest in the height 298, 299

[780]Prayer is the soul's sincere desire 189

[781]Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control 290

[782]Quiet, Lord, my froward heart 181

[783]Red o'er the forest peers the setting sun 213

[784]Rejoice in God alway 256

[785]Rise, O my soul! with thy desires to heaven 59

[786]Rock of Ages, cleft for me 170

[787]Saviour, when in dust to Thee 191

[788]Say, hast thou track'd a traveller's round 289

[789]Say, who is he in deserts seen 285

[790]Seek the Lord, and in His ways persever 22

[791]She is not dead -- she only sleeps 244

[792]She sat and wept beside His feet; the weight 240

[793]Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes 154

[794]Show me more love, my dearest Lord 57

[795]Sighs -- whether swift to Heaven they rise 149

[796]Sin is with man at morning-break 215

[797]Since I in storms used most to be 88

[798]Sing aloud, His praise rehearse 119

[799]Sometimes a light surprises 183

[800]Soul, which to hell wast thrall 26

[801]Strange to our ears the church-bells of our home 218

[802]Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs 95

[803]Sweet baby, sleep! what ails my dear 125

[804]Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright 34

[805]Sweet dreams, form a shade 186

[806]Sweet, harmless lives! -- upon whose holy leisure 97

[807]Sweet Music, sweeter far 13

[808]Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell, -- I humbly crave 39

[809]Sweet place, sweet place alone 129

[810]Take me away, and in the lowest deep 298

[811]Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense 204

[812]Teach me, my God and King 49

[813]That was the Shepherd of the flock; He knew 313

[814]The church do zeem a touchen zight 264

[815]The Church shone brightly in her youthful days 287

[816]The door of death is made of gold 188

[817]The flash of youthful light is past and gone 306

[818]The fleet astronomer can bore 40

[819]The God of Abraham praise 168

[820]The golden gates are lifted up 310

[821]The Holy Book, like the Eighth Sphere, does shine 138

[822]The last and greatest Herald of heaven's King 26

[823]The Lord hath builded for Himself 244

[824]The Lord will happiness divine 182

[825]The lucky World shew'd me one day 101

[826]The merry World did on a day 37

[827]The mid-day sun, with fiercest glare 226

[828]The night is come, and all the world is still 303

[829]The number of Thine own complete 296

[830]The Past can be no more 149

[831]The pleasant years that seem, so swift that run 3

[832]The Son of God in doing good 219

[833]The song of God, so nobly sung 245

[834]The sound of war! In earth and air 197

[835]The spacious firmament on high 141

[836]The world has cycles in its course, when all 287

[837]There is a book, who runs may read 206

[838]There is a Stream, which issues forth 135

[839]These sweeter far than lilies are 137

[840]They are all gone into the world of light 107

[841]This Advent moon shines cold and clear 270

[842]This did not once so trouble me 236

[843]This is the month, and this the happy morn 60

[844]This is the Saint of gentleness and kindness 285

[845]Tho' death met love upon thy dying smile 322

[846]Thou art not Truth! for he that tries 104

[847]Thou bidst me come away 71

[848]Thou cam'st from Heaven to Earth, that we 99

[849]Thou hast made me, and shall Thy work decay 19

[850]Thou inevitable Day 238

[851]Thou that know'st for whom I mourn 106

[852]Thou Whose nature cannot sleep 69

[853]Through Contemplation's optics I have seen 121

[854]Through that pure virgin shrine 97

[855]Throw away Thy rod 49

[856]Thy servants pray, O hear us, Lord 323

[857]Thy way, not mine, O Lord 307

[858]Time was, I shrank from what was right 292

[859]Time! where didst thou those years inter 55

[860]Times without number have I pray'd 176

[861]'Tis gone, that bright and orbed blaze 233

[862]'Tis only our dull hearts that tire so soon 255

[863]'Tis true, of old th' unchanging sun 210

[864]To God, ye choir above, begin 184

[865]To keep the lamp alive 189

[866]To leave unseen so many a glorious sight 238

[867]To music bent is my retired mind 22

[868]To Thy temple I repair 189

[869]Triumphant conqueror of death and hell 17

[870]'Twas so; I saw thy birth: -- That drowsy lake 96

[871]'Twixt gleams of joy and clouds of doubt 281

[872]Two brothers freely cast their lot 287

[873]Unfold! unfold! Take in His light 88

[874]Unveil, O Lord, and on us shine 290

[875]View me, Lord, a work of Thine 21

[876]Wake, all my hopes, lift up your eyes 132

[877]We look around, the murky sky is still 301

[878]We scatter seeds with careless hand 252

[879]We were not by when Jesus came 225

[880]Weep not for me 295

[881]Weighing the steadfastness and state 104

[882]Welcome, thou safe retreat 53

[883]What am I who dare call Thee, God 52

[884]What God gives, and what we take 72

[885]What is House and what is Home 115

[886]What is it that amid some earthly home 305

[887]What is the saddest sweetest lowest sound 310

[888]What, many times I musing ask'd, is Man 235

[889]What's this Morn's bright eye to me 113

[890]What wealth to earth our God hath given 276

[891]What went ye out to see 209

[892]When all Thy mercies, O my God 140

[893]When first God stirr'd me, and the Church's word 290

[894]When first Thou didst entice to Thee my heart 32

[895]When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave 82

[896]When first Thy sweet and gracious eye 47

[897]When for the thorns with which I long, too long 78

[898]When gathering clouds around I view 190

[899]When God at first made Man 45

[900]When I consider how my light is spent 68

[901]When I look back, and in myself behold 2

[902]When I look back upon my former race 289

[903]When I survey the bright 56

[904]When Israel's ruler on the royal bed 162

[905]When Jesus, by the Virgin brought 166

[906]When Lazarus left his charnel-cave 324

[907]When my devotions could not pierce 33

[908]When Nature tries her finest touch 216

[909]When our heads are bow'd with woe 200

[910]When the four quarters of the world shall rise 321

[911]When thy lone dreams sweet visions see 274

[912]When travail hours are spent and o'er 251

[913]When weakness now do strive wi' might 268

[914]When with these eyes, closed now by Thee 109

[915]Whene'er goes forth Thy dread command 297

[916]Where is it mothers learn their love 228

[917]Where is Thy favour'd haunt, eternal Voice 207

[918]Where the remote Bermudas ride 77

[919]Where will they stop, those breathing Powers 201

[920]Where'er my flattering passions rove 156

[921]Where's now the object of thy fears 117

[922]Wherefore shrink, and say, 'Tis vain' 259

[923]While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night 152

[924]While that my soul repairs to her devotion 30

[925]While they here sojourn'd, their presence drew us 280

[926]Whither, O whither didst thou fly 80

[927]Wish not, dear friends, my pain away 221

[928]Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun 20

[929]With sick and famish'd eyes 43

[930]With what deep murmurs, through Time's silent stealth 92

[931]Who seeketh finds: what shall be his relief 279

[932]Who to the golden Sun's long restless race 17

[933]Why do I sigh to find 246

[934]Why dost thou beat so quick, my heart 315

[935]Why should we faint and fear to live alone 222

[936]Why they have never known the way before 301

[937]Why, wedded to the Lord, still yearns my heart 288

[938]Ye flaming Powers, and winged warriors bright 66

[939]Ye golden lamps of Heaven, farewell 159

[940]Ye hermits blest, ye holy maids 208

[941]Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord 160

[942]Yes, mark the words, deem not that Saints alone 282

[943]You holy Virgins, that so oft surround 122

[944]You Spirits! who have thrown away 54

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