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Poems by Bernard Barton

Fourth Edition, with Additions
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)
 
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INTRODUCTORY VERSES TO MARIA HACK
 
[There is a fame which owes its spell]
 
VERSES,
 
THE VALLEY OF FERN.
 
STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. P---, OF THE R. A.
 
TO The Memory OF SAMUEL WHITBREAD, ESQ.
 
VERSES,
 
STANZAS, TO M. P.
 
AUTUMN,
 
VERSES, WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF Tighe's Psyche.
 
STANZAS, Selected from the PAINS OF MEMORY.
 
STANZAS ON THE Death of Sir Samuel Romilly.
 
VERSES TO AN INFANT.
 
TO The Memory OF H--- M---.
 
STANZAS ON THE Death of a Child.
 
STANZAS ADDRESSED TO PERCY BYSSHE SHELLY.
 
HYMN, COMPOSED FOR THE CHILDREN OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL.
 
VERSES To the Memory of SARAH CANDLER.
 
SILENT WORSHIP.
 
VERSES To the Memory of MARY FLETCHER.
 
TO LYDIA.
 
MEDITATIONS IN GREAT BEALINGS CHURCH-YARD.
 
VERSES TO A FRIEND,
 
WINTER.
 
STANZAS TO A FRIEND.
 
SONNET
 
TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH;
 
VERSES,
 
TO THE GALLIC EAGLE.
 
STANZAS
 
STANZAS
 
STANZAS
 
THE IVY.
 
VERSES To the Memory of P. Burgess,
 
STANZAS TO HELEN M--- M---.
 
FANCY AND IMAGINATION.
 
PLAYFORD,
 
VERSES
 
TO THE MOON.
 
RECOLLECTIONS
 
STANZAS
 
“THE HEAVEN WAS CLOUDLESS.”
 
VERSES
 
A POSTSCRIPT.
 
STANZAS,
 
WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.
 
THE ADIEU,
 
THE MOTHER'S LAMENT.
 
STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
 
SLEEP.
 
STANZAS TO WILLIAM ROSCOE, ESQ.
 
A DREAM.
 
STANZAS
 
TO A FATHER, On the Death of his only Child,
 
VERSES
 
TO MARY,
 
SONNET, TO CHARLOTTE M---.
 
“ALL IS VANITY.”
 
TO A FRIEND,
 
THE SOLITARY TOMB.
 
SONNET TO A FRIEND, ON HIS SECOND MARRIAGE.
 
VERSES,
 
“THOU ART GONE TO THE LAND OF THE LEAL.”
 
THE SEA.
 
TO A PROFILE.
 
SONNET TO A FRIEND.
 
TO--- ---.
 
SONNET TO W--- P---.
 
VERSES
 
A POSTSCRIPT.
 
LINES TO HANNAH AND PHŒBE.
 
THE AUTHOR'S PARTING ADDRESS TO THE MUSE .
 
TO JOANNA,
 
VERSES TO --- ---,
 
LEISTON ABBEY.
 
TO A CHILD
 
THE QUAKER POET:
 
STANZAS
 
TO THE WINDS.
 
AN ASPIRATION.
 
“WHO THAT HAS SEEN THE SPEAKING EYE.”
 
WRITTEN ON A STORMY EVENING.
 
VERSES
 
SEA-SIDE THOUGHTS.
 
STANZAS.
 
TO MARY.
 
THE WITHER'D LEAF.
 
HYMN.
 
TO MY DAUGHTER,
 
A SONG OF PRAISE.
 
STANZAS
 
TO THE LAURUSTINUS.
 
THE DESERTED MANSION.
 
ON THE SAME.
 
THE DYING AMAZON.
 
A WINTER EVENING DITTY,
 
STANZAS.
 
STANZAS,
 
TO THE SKY-LARK.
 
THE CYPRESS TREE.
 
A CHRISTIAN'S DIRGE.
 
STANZAS
 
SONNET
 
TO THE EVENING STAR.
 
VERSES
 
BOW HILL .
 
KINGLEY BOTTOM,
 
ON The Death of Samuel Alexander,
 
HYMN.
 
CONCLUDING VERSES,

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TO THE LAURUSTINUS.

Lowly though thy stature be,
Plac'd by many a tow'ring tree,
Sober as may seem the air
Of the blossoms thou dost wear,
When compar'd with tints more gay
Spring and summer shall display,—
Gladly would I claim for mine
Simple chaplet laurustine.
Beauty for her brow may braid
Fairer flowers—but soon they fade;
War may twine its victor laurel,
Stain'd by many a bloody quarrel;
Love its myrtle crown may wreathe
Blighted if indiff'rence breathe;
Let the votary of the Nine
Seek a chaplet laurustine.
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Dost thou, reader, ask me why?
Look abroad in fierce July,
When the bright sun's fervid heat
Withers flowers as frail as sweet,
Then the laurustinus view,
Mark its leaf of glossy hue,
And, should prosp'rous hours be thine,
Prize the chaplet laurustine.
Look abroad again—when snow
Mantles earth, and cold winds blow,
See its cheerful, hardy bloom
Smiling amid winter's gloom;
Green of leaf in summer's heat,
Gay of flower in frost and sleet;
Oh! if poet's claim be mine,
Be my chaplet laurustine.
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