Household Verses By Bernard Barton |
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TO THE
MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HODGKIN. |
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TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH HODGKIN.
Lilies, spotless in their whiteness,
Fountains, stainless in their brightness,
Suns, in cloudless lustre sinking,
Fragrant flowers, fresh breezes drinking,
Music, dying while we listen,
Dew-drops, falling as they glisten;
All things brief, and bright, and fair,
Many might with thee compare.
Fountains, stainless in their brightness,
Suns, in cloudless lustre sinking,
Fragrant flowers, fresh breezes drinking,
Music, dying while we listen,
Dew-drops, falling as they glisten;
All things brief, and bright, and fair,
Many might with thee compare.
Symbols these of time and earth;
Not of thy more hidden worth!
Charms, thy memory which endear,
Were not of this lower sphere;
Such we reverently trace,
Not of nature, but of grace!
By their birthright, pure and high,
Stamped with immortality.
Not of thy more hidden worth!
Charms, thy memory which endear,
Were not of this lower sphere;
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Not of nature, but of grace!
By their birthright, pure and high,
Stamped with immortality.
Brightly as these shone in thee,
Thine, we know, they could not be!
Yet we love thee not the less,
That thou couldst such gifts possess,
And, still mindful of their Donor,
Use them to advance His honour;
Meekly, humbly, prompt to own
All their praise was His alone!
Thine, we know, they could not be!
Yet we love thee not the less,
That thou couldst such gifts possess,
And, still mindful of their Donor,
Use them to advance His honour;
Meekly, humbly, prompt to own
All their praise was His alone!
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