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Household Verses
By Bernard Barton
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)
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[dedication]
HOUSEHOLD VERSES.
TO THE QUEEN.
BIRTH-DAY VERSES.
THE STATUE OF MEMNON.
SONNET,
HYMN,
VERSES,
TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND,
ON THE PRAYER OF THE POOR PUBLICAN.
SONNET, IN MEMORY OF MARY JESUP, OF HALSTEAD.
A REQUIEM,
NEW-YEAR VERSES, 1841.
SONNET.
THE YELLOW-HAMMER;
TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HODGKIN.
A CHARADE SONNET.
STANZAS,
FARNHAM CASTLE.
SELBORNE.
TO E. F.
“A CHRISTIAN IS THE HIGHEST STYLE OF MAN.”
SONNET,
ON THE GOING OUT OF THE OLD YEAR.
THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN.
HOPE FOR THE MOURNER.
SONNET,
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS.
THE BIBLE.
SONNET,
A SLIGHT MEMORIAL
RECOLLECTIONS OF A VISIT TO AMWELL
STANZAS,
TO THE B. B. SCHOONER,
TO EDITH LUCY S.
FIRE-SIDE VERSES.
THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
SONNET,
A WORD FOR PEACE.
TO A FRIEND ON HER BIRTH-DAY
STANZAS,
TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER BIRTH-DAY,
A LAMENT.
STANZAS,
SONNET.
A SEA-SIDE SONNET.
ONE MORE TRIBUTE
A STRANGER'S MEMORIAL.
STANZAS.
SONNET,
TO THE DEAD IN CHRIST.
A POET'S MITE TO A BAZAAR.
SONNET,
SONNET,
WHAT IS SLAVERY?
EGYPT AND THE NILE.
STANZAS,
TRIPLETS,
TO THE PENATES.
SUNSET.
A THOUGHT.
VERSES,
SCOTTISH SCENERY;
EMMA:
TO------.
ON A DRAWING OF THE COTTAGE AT ALDBOROUGH,
THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
ON A PORTRAIT OF JOHN BUNYAN.
SPRING FLOWERS.
A POET'S MEMORIAL
FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.
SONNETS, WRITTEN AT BURSTAL.
INTRODUCTORY VERSES.
I.
SONNET I. BERRY'S HILL.
II.
SONNET II. THE SEAT AT BERRY'S HILL.
III.
SONNET III. THE SAME SCENE, CONTINUED.
IV.
SONNET IV. IN THE SHRUBBERY, NEAR THE COTTAGE.
V.
SONNET V. THE BURSTAL LAKELET.
VI.
SONNET VI. THE TWO OAKS.
VII.
SONNET VII. EVENING EFFECT ON THE VALLEY.
VIII.
SONNET VIII. BURSTAL, IN THE FOUR SEASONS.
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TO I. AND G. H.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE.
HELMINGHAM HALL.
MARY'S DIRGE.
A POET'S MEMORIAL
“JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER!”
TO ANNA---.
A POSTSCRIPT;
STANZAS.
A CHILD'S DREAM.
JOHN EVELYN.
A COLLOQUY WITH MYSELF.
ORFORD.
ORFORD CASTLE.
THE DEPARTED.
ON A DRAWING OF NORWICH MARKET-PLACE
FOR THE QUEEN'S ALBUM.
Introductory Note to the two following Album Verses.
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TO THE DEBEN.
TO A VERY YOUNG HOUSE-WIFE.
SONNET, TO THE MEMORY OF GAINSBOROUGH;
SILENT OR QUAKER GRACES.
[To these Thy gifts, and all to Thee we owe]
[Father, we thank Thee! from Thy bounteous store]
[Whether we eat, or drink, or whatsoever]
IN PROSPERITY.
IN ADVERSITY—OF GOD'S APPOINTING.
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And if a poet's loyal love
Might more than this impart,
Oh! may that blessing from above
Sink deep into thy heart!
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