Hours of Sorrow

Hours of Sorrow

LibriVox · Audiobook · 79 episodes

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)

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Episodes

To the Reader

Episode 1 · 2:50
Sonnet to the Harp

Episode 2 · 1:06
Invocation to the Holy Spirit

Episode 3 · 1:04
The Minstrel

Episode 4 · 1:18
Address to Sorrow

Episode 5 · 2:03
The Wanderer

Episode 6 · 1:04
The Contrite Heart

Episode 7 · 1:06
The Æolian Harp

Episode 8 · 1:15
St. Matthew, v. 4

Episode 9 · 1:09
Retrospection

Episode 10 · 1:19
The Valley of Tears

Episode 11 · 3:05
The Skylark

Episode 12 · 1:10
The Moon over the Sea

Episode 13 · 1:16
On Sacred Music

Episode 14 · 2:21
On the same Subject

Episode 15 · 1:03
Stanzas for a Friend in Sorrow

Episode 16 · 3:54
The Requiem

Episode 17 · 3:04
On Noah's Dove: a Similitude

Episode 18 · 1:13
The Vestal

Episode 19 · 1:09
On a Spring Morning

Episode 20 · 1:04
On an Early Violet

Episode 21 · 1:39
The "Still Small Voice"

Episode 22 · 1:43
To the Nightingale

Episode 23 · 1:10
A Search after Happiness

Episode 24 · 4:08
The Hour of Prayer

Episode 25 · 1:27
A Prayer at Midnight

Episode 26 · 1:11
"The Lord turned, and looked upon Peter"

Episode 27 · 2:11
Rest for the Weary

Episode 28 · 1:01
To one suffering from Deafness

Episode 29 · 1:12
On a Frosty Evening

Episode 30 · 1:06
On the Forget-me-not

Episode 31 · 1:34
To a Aged Christian on his Birth-day

Episode 32 · 1:44
On the Anniversary of a Child's Death

Episode 33 · 1:10
To a Widowed Friend

Episode 34 · 1:08
"She goeth unto the grave to weep there"

Episode 35 · 1:32
From a Dying Child

Episode 36 · 1:54
To the Evening-Star

Episode 37 · 1:18
The Christian near his Home

Episode 38 · 2:38
To one restless and unhappy

Episode 39 · 1:43
"My Son, give me thy Heart"

Episode 40 · 1:49
To a Friend setting out on a Journey

Episode 41 · 1:25
To one bereaved of many Relatives

Episode 42 · 1:07
The Death-bed of a Christian

Episode 43 · 3:49
A Dream

Episode 44 · 3:39
A Vision, composed during a Thunderstorm in the Night

Episode 45 · 3:13
On the Death of Two Infants

Episode 46 · 2:07
Anticipations

Episode 47 · 2:32
On the Words uttered by a Dying Child, speaking of Jesus

Episode 48 · 1:48
On a Young Friend's Illness

Episode 49 · 1:54
On a restless Night, in Illness

Episode 50 · 1:08
On hearing a Canary-Bird sing in London

Episode 51 · 2:21
On an Infant who lived only a few Months

Episode 52 · 1:19
From a Mother to her departed Babe

Episode 53 · 1:26
Epitaph

Episode 54 · 1:04
To a bereaved Christian Friend

Episode 55 · 1:20
To "the Infant Lyra"

Episode 56 · 2:50
Prayer for the Consecration of Talent

Episode 57 · 37s
The Pilgrim

Episode 58 · 1:24
To a Mother, on the Death of a Child of great promise

Episode 59 · 1:22
To a Mother bereaved of her only Daughter

Episode 60 · 1:36
To Faith. Written in Illness

Episode 61 · 1:30
"Have I not remembered Thee on my Bed?"

Episode 62 · 1:25
To one whose Mind was disordered by Grief

Episode 63 · 1:03
The Widowed Heart

Episode 64 · 3:43
"Thy will be done"

Episode 65 · 1:25
Prayer to the Saviour

Episode 66 · 1:52
On the Midnight preceding Good Friday

Episode 67 · 1:47
The Ark

Episode 68 · 1:12
"Be not faithless, but believing"

Episode 69 · 55s
Written for one not likely to recover

Episode 70 · 1:51
To one deprived of Hearing at Church by Deafness

Episode 71 · 1:04
"Return unto thy Rest, O my Soul!"

Episode 72 · 1:01
On the Anniversary of a Friend's Death

Episode 73 · 1:42
"All things are become new"

Episode 74 · 1:12
To one who had lost an only Sister

Episode 75 · 2:11
Hymn for a Dying Bed

Episode 76 · 1:05
Prayer for a departing Spirit

Episode 77 · 2:09
Hymn of the emancipated Soul

Episode 78 · 2:05
Closing Sonnet

Episode 79 · 1:26