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Household Verses

By Bernard Barton

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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HOUSEHOLD VERSES.

BIRTH-DAY VERSES.

THE STATUE OF MEMNON.

TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND,

ON THE PRAYER OF THE POOR PUBLICAN.

SONNET, IN MEMORY OF MARY JESUP, OF HALSTEAD.

NEW-YEAR VERSES, 1841.

THE YELLOW-HAMMER;

TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HODGKIN.

A CHARADE SONNET.

FARNHAM CASTLE.

“A CHRISTIAN IS THE HIGHEST STYLE OF MAN.”

ON THE GOING OUT OF THE OLD YEAR.

THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN.

HOPE FOR THE MOURNER.

THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS.

A SLIGHT MEMORIAL

RECOLLECTIONS OF A VISIT TO AMWELL

TO THE B. B. SCHOONER,

TO EDITH LUCY S.

FIRE-SIDE VERSES.

THE POOL OF BETHESDA.

A WORD FOR PEACE.

TO A FRIEND ON HER BIRTH-DAY

TO MY DAUGHTER ON HER BIRTH-DAY,

A SEA-SIDE SONNET.

ONE MORE TRIBUTE

A STRANGER'S MEMORIAL.

TO THE DEAD IN CHRIST.

A POET'S MITE TO A BAZAAR.

WHAT IS SLAVERY?

EGYPT AND THE NILE.

TO THE PENATES.

SCOTTISH SCENERY;

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.

SILENT OR QUAKER GRACES.

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IN ADVERSITY—OF GOD'S APPOINTING.

I opened not my mouth, for it was Thou,
O Lord! who didst it; and Thou canst not err:
Enable me unto Thy will to bow,
And be, Thyself, Thy rod's interpreter!