The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1

Part 5 — O DO NOT LEAVE ME.

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A HIDDEN LIFE.A HIDDEN LIFE.A STORY OF THE SEA-SHORE.A STORY OF THE SEA-SHORE.THE DISCIPLE.THE DISCIPLE.

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A BOOK OF SONNETS.CONCERNING JESUS.A MEMORIAL OF AFRICA.A. M. D.TO GARIBALDI—WITH A BOOK.TO S. F. S.RUSSELL GURNEY.TO ONE THREATENED WITH BLINDNESS.TO AUBREY DE VERE.GENERAL GORDON.THE CHRYSALIS.THE SWEEPER OF THE FLOOR.DEATH.ORGAN SONGS.LIGHT.TO A. J. SCOTT.I WOULD I WERE A CHILD.A PRAYER FOR THE PAST.A PRAYER FOR THE PAST.LONGING.I KNOW WHAT BEAUTY IS.SYMPATHY.THE THANK-OFFERING.PRAYER.REST.O DO NOT LEAVE ME.BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.HYMN FOR A SICK GIRL.WRITTEN FOR ONE IN SORE PAIN.A CHRISTMAS CAROL FOR 1862,A CHRISTMAS CAROL.THE SLEEPLESS JESUS.CHRISTMAS, 1873.CHRISTMAS, 1884.AN OLD STORY.A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS.TO MY AGING FRIENDS.CHRISTMAS SONG OF THE OLD CHILDREN.CHRISTMAS MEDITATION.THE OLD CASTLE.CHRISTMAS PRAYER.SONG OF THE INNOCENTS.CHRISTMAS DAY AND EVERY DAY.THE CHILDREN'S HEAVEN.REJOICE.THE GRACE OF GRACE.ANTIPHON.DORCAS.MARRIAGE SONG.BLIND BARTIMEUS.COME UNTO ME.MORNING HYMN.NOONTIDE HYMN.EVENING HYMN.THE HOLY MIDNIGHT.RONDEL.A PRAYER.HOME FROM THE WARS.GOD; NOT GIFT.TO ANY FRIEND.VIOLIN SONGS.DEATH.HARD TIMES.IF I WERE A MONK, AND THOU WERT A NUN.MY HEART.THE FLOWER-ANGELS.TO MY SISTER,OH THOU OF LITTLE FAITH!WILD FLOWERS.SPRING SONG.SUMMER SONG.AUTUMN SONG.WINTER SONG.PICTURE SONGS.A DREAM SONG.AT MY WINDOW AFTER SUNSET.THE TEMPLE OF GOD.GOING TO SLEEP.TO-MORROW.FOOLISH CHILDREN.FAITH.WAITING.OUR SHIP.MY HEART THY LARK.TWO IN ONE.BEDTIME.A PRAYER.A SONG PRAYER.SONGS OF THE DAYS AND NIGHTS.SONGS OF THE SUMMER NIGHTS.SONGS OF THE AUTUMN DAYS.SONGS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHTS.SONGS OF THE WINTER DAYS.SONGS OF THE WINTER NIGHTS.SONGS OF THE SPRING DAYS.SONGS OF THE SPRING NIGHTS.

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BETTER THINGS.AN OLD SERMON WITH A NEW TEXT.LITTLE ELFIE.RECIPROCITY.THE SHADOWS.THE CHILD-MOTHER.HE HEEDED NOT.THE SHEEP AND THE GOAT.THE WAKEFUL SLEEPER.A DREAM OF WAKING.A MANCHESTER POEM.WHAT THE LORD SAITH.HOW SHALL HE SING WHO HATH NO SONG?THIS WORLD.SAINT PETER.ZACCHAEUS.AFTER THOMAS KEMPIS.TO LADY NOEL BYRON.TO THE SAME.TO AURELIO SAFFI.A THANKSGIVING FOR F. D. MAURICE.GEORGE ROLLESTON.TO GORDON, LEAVING KHARTOUM.SONG OF THE SAINTS AND ANGELS,FAILURE.TO E. G., DEDICATING A BOOK.TO G. M. T.IN MEMORIUM

O do not leave me, mother, lest I weep; Till I forget, be near me in that chair. The mother's presence leads her down to sleep— Leaves her contented there.

O do not leave me, lover, brother, friends, Till I am dead, and resting in my place. Love-compassed thus, the girl in peace ascends, And leaves a raptured face.

Leave me not, God, until—nay, until when? Not till I have with thee one heart, one mind; Not till the Life is Light in me, and then Leaving is left behind.

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