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Poems By: Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) |
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by MARY BAKER EDDY Author of "Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" Published by The
Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy
Boston, U.S.A. Authorized Literature of
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
in Boston, Massachusetts Copyright, 1910
by Mary Baker Eddy
All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America
PREFACE
The poems garnered up in this little volume were written at different
periods in the life of the author, dating from her early girlhood up to
recent years. They were not written with a view of making a book, each
poem being the spontaneous outpouring of a deeply poetic nature and
called forth by some experience that claimed her attention. The "Old Man of the Mountain," for instance, was written while the
author was contemplating this lofty New Hampshire crag, whose rugged
outlines resemble the profile of a human face. Inspired by the grandeur
of this masterpiece of nature's handiwork, and looking "up through
nature, unto nature's God," the poem began to take form in her thought,
and alighting from her carriage, she seated herself by the roadside and
began to write. Some tourists who were passing, and who made her
acquaintance, asked her what she was writing, and she replied by reading
the poem to them. They were so pleased with it that each requested a
copy, which was subsequently mailed to them. Similar requests continued
to reach the author for years afterward, until the poem finally found
its way into print, appearing, together with "The Valley Cemetery," in a
book "Gems for You," published in Manchester, N. H., in 1850, and again
in Boston, in 1856. The poem on the "Dedication of a Temperance Hall," in Lynn, Mass., in
1866, was written for that occasion, and was sung by the audience as a
dedicatory hymn. "The Liberty Bells" appeared in a Lynn, Mass.,
newspaper, under the date of February 3, 1865. A note from the author,
which was published with the poem, read as follows: "MR. EDITOR: In 1835 a mob in Boston (although Boston has since been
the pioneer of anti slavery) dispersed a meeting of the Female
Anti Slavery Society, and assailed the person of William Lloyd Garrison
with such fury that the city authorities could protect him nowhere but
in the walls of a jail. To day, by order of Governor Andrew, the bells
are ringing to celebrate the passing of a resolution in Congress
prohibiting slavery in the United States." All of the author's best known hymns are included in this collection,
as well as many poems written in girlhood and during the years she
resided in Lynn, Mass., and which appeared in various publications of
that day. Among her earliest poems are "Upward," "Resolutions for the
Day," "Autumn" (written in a maple grove), "Alphabet and Bayonet," and
"The Country Seat" (written while visiting a family friend in the
beautiful suburbs of Boston); yet, even these are characterized by the
same lofty trend of thought that reached its fulness in her later
productions. In May, 1910, Mrs. Eddy requested her publisher to prepare a few bound
volumes of her poems, for private distribution. When this became known
to her friends, they urged her to allow a popular edition to be issued,
to which she assented. With grateful acknowledgment, therefore, of this
permission, this little volume is presented to the public, in the hope
that these gems of purest thought from this spiritually minded author
will prove a joy to the heavy laden and a balm to the weary heart. ADAM H. DICKEY. CHESTNUT HILL, MASS., September 24, 1910.
CONTENTS
PAGE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 1
CONSTANCY 3
MOTHER'S EVENING PRAYER 4
LOVE 6
I'M SITTING ALONE 8
THE UNITED STATES TO GREAT BRITAIN 10
CHRIST MY REFUGE 12
"FEED MY SHEEP" 14
THE VALLEY CEMETERY 15
UPWARD 18
THE OAK ON THE MOUNTAIN'S SUMMIT 20
WOMAN'S RIGHTS 21
THE NEW CENTURY 22
TO MY ABSENT BROTHER 23
SIGNS OF THE HEART 24
FLOWERS 25
TO THE OLD YEAR 1865 26
INVOCATION FOR 1868 28
CHRISTMAS MORN 29
EASTER MORN 30
RESOLUTIONS FOR THE DAY 32
O FOR THY WINGS, SWEET BIRD! 34
COME THOU 36
WISH AND ITEM 38
DEDICATION OF A TEMPERANCE HALL 39
LINES 41
TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN 43
HOPE 45
TO ETTA 46
NEVERMORE 47
MEETING OF MY DEPARTED MOTHER AND HUSBAND 48
ISLE OF WIGHT 51
SPRING 53
JUNE 55
RONDELET 57
AUTUMN 58
ALPHABET AND BAYONET 60
THE COUNTRY SEAT 62
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