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Wood-notes and Church-bells

By the Rev. Richard Wilton

Wilton, Richard

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Wood-Notes and Church-Bells.

THE ACACIA AND THE YEW.

THE PRUNING OF THE VINE.

ON HEARING A THRUSH SING IN DECEMBER.

THE SUN-DIAL ON THE CHURCH PORCH,

ON A WALL-FLOWER FROM GETHSEMANE.

THE MOTTO ON THE BELL.

GOING TO CHURCH.

THE NIGHTINGALE;

MABEL AND THE FLOWERS.

THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE THUNDERSTORM.

ON A STATUETTE OF THE CHILD JESUS AMONG CORN AND GRAPES.

THE WILD STRAWBERRY FLOWER.

GOOD FRIDAY EVENING; OR, THE SUMMIT OF CALVARY.

ON SEEING SOME LEAVES FALLING IN THE SUNSHINE.

OUR DARLING LITTLE ONE;

THE FLAMBOROUGH PILOTS.

A PLEA FOR CAGED BIRDS.

THE SMALL BIRDS' APPEAL.

“GIVE ME A DRINK;”

THE NUNBURNHOLME ROBIN;

BIRDS WAITING FOR BREAKFAST.

DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE SAUL;

“STAND UP FOR YOUR SUNDAYS.”

CHRISTMAS PRAISE FOR HARVEST PLENTY.

BETWEEN THE YEARS;

TEARS FOR WAR'S MISERIES.

ON THE LAUNCH OF “THE BRITISH WORKMAN” LIFE-BOAT.

THE CROWN OF ENGLAND;

ON THE SICKNESS AND HAPPY RECOVERY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.

THE NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY.

THE GLEANER AND CHILD.

THE SHADOW ON THE WALL.

THE JOURNEY TO EMMAUS.

THE LAMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD.

SIGNS IN THE SKY.

PRAISE THE BOND OF UNITY.

A WHITSUNTIDE HYMN.

THE PUBLICAN'S PRAYER.

A THANKSGIVING.

BENEATH HIS FEET.

THE WORDS OF JESUS ON THE CROSS.

AFTER READING “THE NEGEB,”

CANA IN GALILEE.

JESUS LEAVING THE PRÆTORIUM.

ON VISITING MY MOTHER'S GRAVE, ON HER BIRTHDAY.

STARS AND FLOWERS.

ON “MARY SHORT,”

A HUSBAND'S LOVE.

KATIE AND MABEL.

OVER MY SLUMBERING INFANT.

LEARNER AND TEACHER.

PRACTISING THE EASTER HYMN.

“THE SHADOW OF PETER.”

TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE VOICE AT EVENTIDE.

THE POET'S GRAVE.

ON A POET-NATURALIST ENTERING HIS SEVENTIETH YEAR.

ON A BURN OR BROOK WITHOUT A NAME

ON A SEAGULL FLYING INLAND.

UNSEEN FLOWERS AND UNHEARD SONGS.

ON MURILLO'S “ECCE HOMO.”

THE CHURCH SPIRE.

ON AN OPAL RING.

LODORE WATERFALL.

ON AN UNFREQUENTED TARN.

GRAY AT GRASMERE (1769) AND WORDSWORTH'S GRAVE (1869.)

ON TRAVELLING BY RAIL TO CAMBRIDGE,

CAMBRIDGE MEMORIES.

REST BY THE SEA.

NORTH AND SOUTH OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD.

GIFTS TO JESUS.

On Sending My Poems to the Press.

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THE CHURCH SPIRE.

(BEBINGTON, NEAR LIVERPOOL.)

Onward the tide of population flows
From the vast port, and overleaps the bar
Of green seclusion; crowding villas mar
The charm of rural bowers from which arose
Yon graceful spire of old, yet still it shows
Its sacred summit, steadfast as a star,
And still it stands conspicuous from afar,
The skyward-pointing symbol of repose.
So the fair form of evangelic Truth
Amid encroaching error shines serene,
In changeless beauty and immortal youth:
So 'mid the fretting cares of daily life
The spirit of true piety is seen
With thoughts of God calming Earth's noise and strife.