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Poems by the late John Bethune

With a sketch of the author's life, by his brother
Bethune, John (1812-1839)

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THE DESOLATED CITY.
  
ON THE RETURN OF THE JEWS.
  
A RANDOM THOUGHT.
  
THE COUCH BY FRIENDSHIP SPREAD.
  
ANGELS WATCHING FOR THE SPIRITS OF THE JUST.
  
SACRAMENTAL LINES—1835.
  
SACRAMENTAL LINES—1836.
  
SACRAMENTAL LINES—1837.
  
SACRAMENTAL LINES—1838.
  
INFANT DEVOTION.
  
WITHERED FLOWERS.
  
PITY.
  
MELANCHOLY.
  
A SAINT.
  
THE LAND OF REST.
  
NATIVE SCENES.
  
THE EARLY DEAD.
  
LINES WRITTEN ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR 1832.
  
LINES
  
SABBATH EVE.
  
THE WISH.
  
TRUE WISDOM.
  
INVOCATION.
  
STANZAS—1834.
  
THE RETURN OF SPRING.
  
THE FIRST OF WINTER.
  
THE SIXTH PSALM.
  
THE PRAYER OF THE FATHERLESS.
  
THE HAPPY HOME.
  
RELIGION.
  
THE SHOUT OF VICTORY.
  
SONG TO THE RISING SUN.
  
CHOLERA.
  
HYMNS OF THE CHURCH-YARD—I.
  
HYMNS OF THE CHURCH-YARD—II.
  
BAPTISM.
  
SABBATH EVENING SONG.
  
THANKS TO GOD FOR PATIENCE TO BEAR AFFLICTION.
  
WARNINGS OF DEATH IN EVERY THING.
  
WINTER AND SPRING—MARCH 1831.
  
SONNET ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE YEAR 1832.
  
ADDRESS TO TIME—AUGUST 1836.
  
SCRAPS—JULY 1831.
  
A SPRING SONG—1834.
  
RESIGNATION.
  
THE POETICAL PREACHER.—No. I.
  
POETICAL PREACHER.—No. II.
  
POETICAL PREACHER.—No. III.
  
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
  
OH! LET NO TEAR.
  
WARNING GIVEN BY THE SETTING SUN—1831.
  
THE PASTOR.
  
THE LAST FAREWELL.
  
MY GRANDMOTHER.
  
THE PARTING GIFT.
  
THE RETURN.
  
A VISION, OF AMBITION.
  
AUTUMNAL VERSES—1836.
  
THE BENEVOLENCE AND SUFFERINGS OF THE SAVIOUR.
  
SELFISHNESS.
  
THE DYING MOTHER.
  
THE MANIAC.
  
THE LAND OF BEAUTY.
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THE ORPHAN WANDERER;
 II. 
PART II.
  
THE FAITHFUL SERVANT.
  
A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE.
  
THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
  
ON THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES, AUGUST 1836.
  
SONNET ON THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER 1835.

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RESIGNATION.

'Tis wise in mortals who have been
By heavenly mercy blest,
When days of sorrow come at last,
To own God's pleasure best.
And though 'tis hard with joy to part,
Yet may the power be mine,
What Heaven demands, all patiently
And calmly to resign.
The sweetest treasure life affords
On earth, is hope and health—
For hope is purest happiness,
And health the greatest wealth.
But hope, and health, and happiness
Are now no longer mine,
Lord, help me, hope and health, and all,
With patience to resign.
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