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A New Year's Eve, and Other Poems

By Bernard Barton

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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A NEW YEAR'S EVE.

A NEW-YEAR'S EVE.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

A WINTER THOUGHT.

ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SPIDER.

THE NORTH COUNTRIE.

A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN.

A CHILD'S MORNING HYMN.

POWER AND GENTLENESS;

[I saw a ruin, mossed and grey]

LADY RACHEL RUSSELL;

A SPRING DIRGE.

WILLIAM COWPER.

JOHN WILLIAM FLETCHER, OF MADELY.

THE NIGHTINGALE FLOWER.

RECOLLECTIONS OF CHICHESTER.

THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS.

ON A PICTURE OF A SLEEPING CHILD.

THE BATTLE OF GIBEON.

A POET'S APPEAL.

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD.

TO A CHILD TWO YEARS OLD.

TO AN ELEPHANT.

THE TRANSLATION OF ENOCH.

“OH! FOR THAT CITY, FAIR AND BRIGHT.”

ON SIR PHILIP SYDNEY'S BIRTH-DAY.

THE RESURRECTION.

TO JOHN MARTIN.

ON HEARING THE WAITS.

FIRESIDE QUATRAINS,

AN EVENING THOUGHT.

THE DEATH OF RUFUS.

PRAISE AND PRAYER.

“I KNOW THY PATH.”

“IF A LIVELIER MEASURE.”

TO SIR SAMUEL FLUDYER,

SUMMER MUSINGS.

HYMN FOR EASTER.

A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL;

SONNET

THE MOTHER TO HER SICK CHILD.

“OH! HAD I THE WINGS OF A DOVE.”

THE BANKS OF SWALE.

TO MY DAUGHTER.

CHRIST WALKING ON THE SEA.

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SONNET

TO THE SAME.

I looked on thee, dear Edward, as a friend
Before I knew thee; for, long ere we met
I heard thy praise from one not wont to let
His judgment lightly censure or commend.
What marvel, then, some pensive thoughts should blend
With thy loved converse; or that fond regret,
To his lamented worth a sacred debt,
At times on brightest moment should attend?
Yet prize I not our social hours the less
Because this tempering cloud is o'er them spread;
Glimpses of glory through its veil are shed,
And gleams of beauty, which the heart may bless:
So pure and precious parted worth's impress!
So beautiful the memory of the dead!