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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 MY DAUGHTER,

WITH HER FATHER'S “POEMS,” &C.

I hope not through these pages
To bid my humble Name
Survive to distant ages,
Enwreath'd by splendid Fame.
Such prouder expectation
May loftier Bards inspire;
A lowlier aspiration
Repays my simple Lyre.
Enough—if it shall give me,
At Memory's sweetest shrine,
Thoughts—feelings—to outlive me
In hearts belov'd—like thine.
The wreath that crowns a Poet
May wake a transient thrill;
But who would not forego it
For something dearer still?
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A purer joy is blended
With many a look, and smile,
Than e'er from Fame most splendid
The bosom can beguile.
Oh! such at times have lighten'd
Like sunshine on my way,
And by their influence brighten'd
Thy Father's darkest day.
I have no Foes,—to set them
As beacons in thy sight;
And if I had,—“Forget them!”
Is all that I would write.
But well my Friends thou knowest,
And blessings rest on Thee!
As gratitude thou showest
For kindness done to me.
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