O'er this vile vest; and let the love thou hast
Flush this cold white to a red rose of shame.
And whilst Thou pardonest, Thou the very same,
My different sins, O pardon this the last —
This little song-shaft, full of motes that glance;
This little gem, full of the flaw that pales;
This little verse-book, full of verse that fails;
This little music, full of dissonance;
This little wild-rose, full of dust within;
This little sin that is brimfull of sin.

NARROW GOODNESS-LINES WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF POST-

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CHARACTERS, INSCRIPTIONS, ETC.

R. C. TRENCH, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, RESIGNED Nov.

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP WHATELY

DEATH OF LORD J. G. BERESFORD, PRIMATE OF ALL IRE-

DEATH OF S. WILBERFORCE, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER

ON READING SOME LINES BY WILLIAM ARCHER BUTLER

DEATH OF THE EARL OF DERBY...

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THE DERRY STATUE TO THE MEMORY OF SIR R. A.

FERGUSON, M.P.

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EPITAPH ON AGNES JONES, IN FAHAN CHURCHYARD

EPITAPH ON S. M.: FOR A WARD OF A HOSPITAL

EPITAPH ON R. H., IN DERRY CATHEDRAL

INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE ERECTED TO CAPTAIN BOYD,

IN ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN

III.

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WITHERED LAUREL LEAVES.

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ODE ADDRESSED TO THE EARL OF DERBY, AND RECITED IN

THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE, Oxford, AT HIS INSTAL-

LATION AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, June 1,

1853 ...

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THE DEATH OF JACOB

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THE WATERS OF BABYLON

ISHMAEL.

BY ROBERT JOCELYN ALEXANDER, ONE OF HER

MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS

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IV.

SONNETS.

THREE SONNETS SUGGESTED BY SAMUEL RUTHERFORD

THE PRINCESS ALICE-THREE SONNETS

Two SONNETS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE LIGHTED BUILDING

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THOUGHTS BY THE SEA-Two SONNETS

"A WINTER GALE IN THE CHANNEL'

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FIVE SONNETS-CHIEFLY SUGGESTED BY ST. AUGUSTINE

ST. JOHN AT PATMOS

THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER

* These translations from Victor Hugo were executed jointly by
myself and my wife, Cecil Frances Alexander, chiefly in the year 1865.