Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life

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Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life

by Eliza Paul Gurney

EN·~1 hours·40 chapters

Chapters

40 total
1

Heart Utterances AT VARIOUS PERIODS OF A CHEQUERED LIFE.

3:16
2

KINDNESS.

0:34
3

WRITTEN AT THE DELAWARE WATER GAP.

1:08
4

WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.

1:46
5

ON READING “GIBBON’S ROME.”

1:39
6

WRITTEN IN A FRIEND’S ALBUM.

0:55
7

WRITTEN AFTER A VISIT TO THE INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.

1:17
8

TIME.

1:15
9

ON LEAVING PINE COTTAGE.

1:25
10

THE MORN AND EVE OF LIFE.

1:34

Description

A gentle, intimate portrait emerges from this tapestry of verses, each one a small window into a moment of feeling—kindness, grief, wonder, and the quiet awe of nature. The poet moves fluidly from the soft consolation of a friend’s album to the sweeping grandeur of a river gorge, letting everyday observations mingle with deeper spiritual reflections. Listeners will sense a rhythm that is both personal and universal, as the words capture the flicker of hope in a sorrowful night and the bright pulse of gratitude in a sun‑lit meadow.

The collection’s modest structure invites you to linger on each stanza, allowing the cadence of simple rhyme to settle like a soft sigh. Whether the poem dwells on the hush of a mountain wind, the tenderness of a shared loss, or the tentative promise of new seasons, the voice remains sincere, never pretentious. It’s a modest yet resonant companion for any moment when you need a quiet, thoughtful pause.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (69K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Bethanne M. Simms, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-05-25

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Eliza Paul Gurney

Eliza Paul Gurney

1801–1881

A Quaker minister and poet from Philadelphia, she devoted her life to peace, abolition, and reform. Her story also includes a remarkable connection to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

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