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sylvan and sacred. By the Rev. Richard Wilton
Wilton, Richard

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[dedication]
 
[To The Right Honourable and Most Reverend William Thomson]
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To the Reader.
 
GRACE.
 
THE WIND AT MIDNIGHT.
 
SIGNS OF SUMMER.
 
THE VOICE OF OUR CHURCHES.
 
THE PLAIN OF YORK FROM THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS.
 
PATRINGTON CHURCH.
 
THE SHEPHERD'S REED.
 
ON THE LARGE COPY PAINTED BY SELOUS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S “LAST SUPPER,”
 
BEECH-LEAVES, SNOW, AND VIOLETS.
 
AN AUTUMN DAY AT FOUNTAINS' ABBEY.
 
TO MRS. CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER.
 
TO SOME FRIENDS ABOUT TO WINTER AT CANEA, IN CRETE.
 
WINTER-BERRIES.
 
THE ARROW-SEED;
 
THE VICTIM AND THE PRIEST.
 
THE BIRDS' FIRST HALTING-PLACE.
 
A TIME OF REFRESHING. GLEN CRIPESDALE, LOCH SUNART.
 
ON A HIGHLAND BURYING-PLACE,
 
LOCH TEACHUS,
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SONNETS ON THE FATHERS.
 
IGNATIUS.
 
POLYCARP.
 
JUSTIN MARTYR.
 
TERTULLIAN.
 
IRENÆUS.
 
ORIGEN.
 
EUSEBIUS.
 
ATHANASIUS.
 
THE CROSS AND THE MOSS,
 
MY PAINTED WINDOW,
 
CHRISTMAS FARE FOR THE BIRDS.
 
A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR.
 
THOUGHTS FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY.
 
PALM SUNDAY.
 
GOOD FRIDAY.
 
EASTER DAY.
 
A PRAYER FOR WHITSUNTIDE.
 
MACHŒRUS.
 
LIVINGSTONE'S LAST PRAYER.
 
ON THE DEATH UPON SNOWDON OF FREDERICK R. WILTON, B.A.,
 
AT HIS FEET.
 
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
 
REVOLVING YEARS.
 
SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES.
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SONNETS ON THE TYPES.
 
THE BRAZEN ALTAR.
 
THE LAVER OR MOLTEN SEA.
 
THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK.
 
THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD,
 
THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE.
 
MANNA.
 
THE BRAZEN SERPENT.
 
THE HYSSOP.
 
THE RED HEIFER.
 
THE SCAPEGOAT.
 
THE PASCHAL LAMB.
 
“LET US PASS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.”
 
MANSIONS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
 
ON THE MORNING STAR.
 
THE FIRST VIOLET.
 
ON THE BAPTISM OF OUR INFANT.
 
MABEL'S HAT.
 
CRAB-APPLE GATHERERS.
 
HARVEST PRAISE.
 
CHURCH SCULPTURE.
 
A CRUCIFORM CHURCH.
 
WATER TURNED TO WINE.
 
SOLACE IN SICKNESS.
 
A SUFFERING CHRISTIAN'S PRAYER.
 
HOME AND HEAVEN.
 
WINTER LESSONS.
 
A GETHSEMANE MARIGOLD.
 
ON A CYPRESS FROM MOUNT SINAI,
 
ON A DENARIUS OF TIBERIUS CÆSAR,
 
THE TEMPLE WINDOWS.
 
“MEET FOR THE MASTER'S USE.”
 
THE CURFEW.
 
HILDA'S WOOD,
 
ON AN OLD ASH TREE,
 
AUTUMN LEAVES;
 
THE BIRD-COMFORTER.
 
HOPE FOR OLD AGE.
 
PARADISE.
 
SAMSON'S RIDDLE.
 
ON A THRUSH SINGING AT A FUNERAL IN NOVEMBER.
 
A THOUGHT IN A MARCH ROOKERY.
 
PASSING AWAY.
 
THE PILLAR.
 
THE ROMAN CAMP.
 
ON THE SIGHT OF A SEA-BIRD IN APRIL.
 
A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
 
A LITTLE GIRL AT THE SEASIDE.
 
THE RAINBOW, A SYMBOL.
 
TAKE UP AND READ.
 
WINTER WHEAT.
 
WINTER BLOSSOMS.
 
FROM MY STUDY WINDOW.
 
SWEET EGLANTINE.
 
IN TWILIGHT DIM.
 
IN SUNSHINE SWEET.
 
DOROTHEA.
 
BLUE HYACINTHS.
 
FROM DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN LIFE.
 
JESUS CHRIST'S EXPOSTULATION WITH AN UNGRATEFUL WORLD.
 
To My Book.

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64

ATHANASIUS.

When Athanasius faced a frowning world—
Emperor and priest against the truth arrayed—
He grasped the precious Pearl, nor felt dismayed,
Though all earth's pride to shake him was unfurled.
What if from his high station he was hurled,
The jewel of the Faith he ne'er betrayed,
But kept it, hidden in sepulchral shade,
Or where from hermit's cell the blue smoke curled.
Then, when the storm retired, the triple bow
Was seen in perfect beauty on the cloud
Each mingling hue defined with clearer glow;
Thus through dark years of doubt and conflict loud
To one man's strenuous faithfulness we owe
The Creed to which all after time has bowed.
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