Preface 568 The English Martyrs. A scene of the days of Queen Mary _ib._ Flowers and Music in a Room of Sickness 572 Cathedral Hymn 574 Wood Walk and Hymn 576 Prayer of the Lonely Student 577 The Traveller’s Evening Song 579 Burial of an Emigrant’s Child in the Forests _ib._ Easter-Day in a Mountain Churchyard 581 The Child Reading the Bible 583 A Poet’s Dying Hymn _ib._ The Funeral-Day of Sir Walter Scott 585 The Prayer in the Wilderness 586 Prisoners’ Evening Service. A Scene of the French Revolution 587 Hymn of the Vaudois Mountaineers in times of Persecution 588 Prayer at Sea after Victory 589 The Indian’s Revenge. Scene in the life of a Moravian Missionary 590 Evening Song of the Weary 592 The Day of Flowers _ib._ Hymn of the Traveller’s Household on his Return--in the Olden Time 594 The Painter’s Last Work 595 A Prayer of Affection 596 Mother’s Litany by the Sick-bed of a Child _ib._ Night-Hymn at Sea. The words written for a melody by Felton 597 SONNETS. FEMALE CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE. Invocation _ib._ Invocation continued _ib._ The Song of Miriam 598 Ruth 598 The Vigil of Rizpah _ib._ The Reply of the Shunamite Woman _ib._ The Annunciation _ib._ The Song of the Virgin 599 The Penitent anointing Christ’s Feet _ib._ Mary at the Feet of Christ _ib._ The Sisters of Bethany after the Death of Lazarus _ib._ The Memorial of Mary 599 The Women of Jerusalem at the Cross _ib._ Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre 600 Mary Magdalene bearing Tidings of the Resurrection _ib._