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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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STANZAS,

WRITTEN IN AUTUMN.

Hoarser gales are round us blowing,
Clouds obscure the sky,
Day's brief span is shorter growing,
Darker nights draw nigh.
Morn and ever are chill and dreary,
Songs have lost their mirth,
Whisp'ring leaves—of converse weary,
Silent sink to earth.
Flowers are in the garden faded,
From the fields have fled,
Many a nook their beauty shaded
With their seed is spread.
Dewy drops—the long grass bending,
Glitter bright, yet chill;
Earth is cold, and showers descending
Make her colder still.
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Brighter skies and warmer weather
Bade our fancies roam;
Thought may now itself up-gather,
Feeling centre home.
Man, too, has his seasons changing,
Clos'd in wintry gloom,
When, on earth no longer ranging,
He must seek the tomb.
By no vain regrets attended—
Christian! view that bourn;
With thy fears bright hopes are blended
Which forbid to mourn.
To those hopes—sublime and glorious,
If thy spirit cleave,
Thou, o'er every fear victorious,
Conquest shalt achieve.
Conquest over sin and error
Thou with joy shalt see,
Over Death, with all its terror,
More than victor be.
Through His power, and meek dominion,
Who hath died to save,
Thought shall soar on eagle pinion
From the silent grave.
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Faith, and Hope, and Love unbounded,
To His name shall cling,
And, by wintry Death surrounded—
Hail immortal Spring!
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