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The Vision of Prophecy and Other Poems

By James D. Burns ... Second Edition
Burns, James Drummond (1823-1864)
  
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THE VISION OF PROPHECY.
  
THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH.
  
THE BURIAL OF JACOB.
  
ICHABOD.
  
THE VISION FROM THE MOUNT.
  
THE MIRACLES OF THE SAVIOUR.
  
PRESENTIMENT.
  
REASON AND FAITH.
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THE DREAM OF CLAUDIA PROCULA, THE WIFE OF PILATE.
  
PROEM.
  
THE DREAM.
  
THE AWAKING.
  
THE VINE OF NOAH.
  
THE TEMPLE OF SAIS.
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THE PILGRIMS: AN APOLOGUE.
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
  
THE ABBOT AND FOOL.
  
THE BIRD AND THE BEE.
  
THE PEASANT AND THE POET.
  
TO WORDSWORTH.
  
THOUGHT ON A ROSE.
  
IMAGINATION.
  
THE VESPER HOUR.
  
MOONLIGHT.
  
A NIGHT-REVERIE.
  
LINES TO A STAR.
  
LINES—ALEXANDER WEEPING.
  
THE FLOWER AND OAK-SHOOT.
  
A BIRD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.
  
THE PETREL.
  
SEQUEL TO THE FOREGOING.
  
TIMOLEON.
  
STRATONICE.
  
ATTILA AT AQUILEIA.
  
MOHAMMED AT DAMASCUS.
  
THE PRINCE AND THE WIDOW.
  
BAALBEK.
  
THE RUINED CHAPEL.
  
LINES WRITTEN IN A FRANCISCAN CONVENT.
  
THE JARDIM DE SERRA:
  
THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL.
  
THE CHARCOAL-BURNERS.
  
A VINTAGE SKETCH.
  
EVENING PICTURE.
  
PORTO SANTO,
  
THE GOLD-SEEKER'S SONG.
  
RHYMES OF A VIGIL.
  
SONNET.
  
A FANCY.
  
CLAVERHOUSE.
  
THE PICTURE OF A MARTYRDOM.
  
THE GRAVE OF DODDRIDGE AT LISBON.
  
RUINS OF CARTEIA,
  
THE BAY OF BARCELONA.
  
CORTONA.
  
INCISA,
  
DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.
  
SONNET—BY THE SEA-SIDE.
  
MY FIRST BIRTHDAY IN A FOREIGN LAND.
  
THE DIAL AND FOUNTAIN.
  
TO A FRIEND IN THE MINISTRY.
  
SONNET.
  
BOAZ AND THE REAPERS.
  
A REMEMBRANCE.
  
A PARABLE-MIRACLE.
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HYMNS AND MEDITATIONS.
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II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
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V.
 VI. 
VI. SABBATH EVENING.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. TRUTH.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X. A REQUIEM.
 XI. 
XI. THE DEATH OF A BELIEVER.
 XII. 
XII. A THOUGHT AT EVENING.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.
 XVI. 
XVI. A THOUGHT ON TIME.
 XVII. 
XVII. LINES.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. HUMILITY.
 XIX. 
XIX. TO A CHRISTIAN FRIEND.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI. RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
 XXII. 
XXII. MEMORIAL LINES.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE BETTER HOPE.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. GOD IS LOVE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. TO A FRIEND DEPARTED.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. VIA DOLOROSA.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE AT THE SEPULCHRE.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
  
ATLANTIS.

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IV.

“Bid me come unto Thee on the water.”—Matthew xiv. 28.

O, in the dark and stormy night,
When far from land I cry with fear,
Shine o'er the waves, thou holy light,—
Then, O my Saviour, be thou near!
Though from afar, let me but see
Dim through the dark Thy gliding form,
And bright the gloomy hour shall be
That brought Thy presence in the storm.
Then lift Thy hand, and bid me come,
And higher though the tempest blow,
I through the wind and through the gloom
To Thy loved side will gladly go.
The wind is fair that blows to Thee,
The wave is firm that bears me on,
And stronger still that love to me
Which many waters could not drown.
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Or for Thy coming bid me wait,
My soul in patience shall abide;
And though the storm may not abate,
I will not seek another guide.
With Thee I fear no angry blast,—
With Thee my course points ever home;
And in good time, all perils past,
To the Fair Havens I shall come.
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