The parted family and other poems : An offering to the afflicted, and a tribute of love to departed friends

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The parted family and other poems : An offering to the afflicted, and a tribute of love to departed friends

by Mary Dana Shindler

EN·~4 hours·91 chapters

Chapters

91 total

POEMS.

0:02

THE PARTED FAMILY, AND OTHER POEMS.

3:17

PREFACE.

3:04

THE PARTED FAMILY.

10:14

TO AN ABSENT HUSBAND.

1:26

TO A DEAR ABSENT FRIEND.

1:23

THE CONFLICT.

15:05

THE DYING AND THE DEAD.

3:34

THE MOTHER TO HER DEPARTED CHILD.

1:51

THE BURIAL.

15:39

Description

A quiet, earnest voice guides listeners through a nineteenth‑century collection that turns personal loss into a steady stream of tender meditation. The poems move from intimate letters to absent loved ones, through the raw ache of separation, and onward to quiet moments of faith‑filled consolation. Each piece is rooted in the everyday language of the era, yet its reverence for love, family, and divine comfort feels surprisingly immediate.

The volume balances sorrow with hope, offering brief dialogues with the divine, humble hymns of gratitude, and gentle reflections on memory and mourning. Listeners will find familiar rhythms in verses that were first shared in periodicals before being gathered here for the first time. It is a modest, heartfelt homage to those who have gone, inviting a calm space for personal reflection.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (262K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Dayton and Saxton, 1841, pubdate 1842.

Credits

Andrew Sly, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Jul 10, 2023

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Mary Dana Shindler

Mary Dana Shindler

1810–1883

A 19th-century American poet, novelist, editor, and hymn writer, she built a wide literary career out of personal loss, religious conviction, and a steady presence in popular magazines of her day. Her work moved between devotional writing, fiction, and verse, and her hymn "I Love to Steal Awhile Away" remained especially well known.

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