Charlotte Elliott

Charlotte Elliott (March 18, 1789 – September 22, 1871) was an English poet and hymn writer.

Hours of Sorrow (1836)

 * Hours of Sorrow; or, Thoughts in Verse, Chiefly Adapted to Seasons of Sickness, Depression, and Bereavement (James Nisbet and Co., 1836)


 * My God! is any hour so sweet, From blush of morn to evening-star, As that which calls me to Thy feet,— The hour of prayer?
 * "The Hour of Prayer", st. 1, p. 45.


 * Lord! till I reach yon blissful shore, No privilege so dear shall be, As thus my inmost soul to pour In prayer to Thee.
 * "The Hour of Prayer", st. 7, p. 46.


 * Renew my will from day to day! Blend it with Thine! and take away All that now makes it hard to say, "Thy will be done!"
 * "Thy Will Be Done", st. 7, p. 131.


 * Blest is my lot, whate'er befall: What can disturb me, who appall, While, as my strength, my rock, my all, Saviour! I cling to Thee?
 * "Prayer to the Saviour", st. 9, p. 133.

Selections from the Poems of Charlotte Elliott (1873)

 * Selections from the Poems of Charlotte Elliott (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1873)


 * Just as I am — Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, Because Thy promise I believe— O Lamb of God, I come!
 * "Just as I Am", st. 5, p. v.


 * From human eyes 'tis better to conceal Much that I suffer, much I hourly feel; But oh, this thought can tranquillise and heal, All, all is known to Thee.
 * "Thou God Seest Me", st. 2, p. 215.


 * Nay, all by Thee is ordered, chosen, planned, Each drop that fills my daily cup, Thy hand Prescribes for ills none else can understand, All, all is known to Thee.
 * "Thou God Seest Me", st. 5, p. 215.

Leaves from the Unpublished Journals, Letters, and Poems (1874)

 * Leaves from the Unpublished Journals, Letters, and Poems of Charlotte Elliott (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1874)


 * Is life's evening long and dreary? Gone the treasures once possessed? Is thy spirit faint and weary? Dost thou long to be at rest? On this sweet promise fix thy sight: "At evening time it shall be light."
 * "Lines for the Aged", st. 1, p. 199.


 * I saw the radiant Queen of Night Walking in brightness through the sky.
 * "The Setting Moon", line 1, p. 232.