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The Reliquary

By Bernard and Lucy Barton. With A Prefatory Appeal for Poetry and Poets

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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“KNOW THINE OWN WORTH, AND REVERENCE THE LYRE .”

[Dews that nourish fairest flow'rs]

ELIJAH ON MOUNT HOREB.

“WHAT IS OUR BEING'S AIM AND END?”

ON THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE.

SEA-SIDE MUSINGS.

AN APOLOGUE FROM AN EASTERN POET.

“THIS IS NOT YOUR REST; BECAUSE IT IS POLLUTED .”

I.

II.

SONNET. II.

“THANKS BE UNTO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT .”

TO THE WHITE JASMINE.

“THE LAND WHICH NO MORTAL MAY KNOW.”

“BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN .”

A WELCOME HOME.

THE PRODIGAL SON.

“FOR LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH.”

ON A PICTURE BY PAUL VERONESE OF THE WISE MEN'S OFFERING.

“WE MEET AGAIN.”

TO A STUFFED EAGLE.

[Around an oak, an ivy grew]

THE MISSIONARY.

[At the first dawn of morning light]

TO A ROBIN IN AUTUMN.

TOWN AND COUNTRY;

AN AFFECTING AND TOO TRUE INCIDENT.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM KIRBY,

A CHRISTIAN HEROINE.

SABBATHS AT SEA.

MARY AT THE SEPULCHRE.

WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.

[Like the frail insect eagerly pursuing]

SONNET. ON A VIEW NEAR WOODBRIDGE.

THE CORONATION OF INEZ DE CASTRO.

“FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY .”

RECOLLECTIONS OF A DAY AT “BARHAM .”

“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings .”

“THE MEEK WILL HE TEACH HIS WAY .”

TO THE SWALLOW.

“HE WILL SUBDUE OUR INIQUITIES .”

“Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ?”

THE TRAVELLER'S DIRGE.

For the opening Leaf of my Friend E.J.M.'s copy of “A Manual for the Parish Priest.”

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away .”

SONNET TO A PORTRAIT OF MILTON,

“IT IS SOWN A NATURAL BODY, IT IS RAISED A SPIRITUAL BODY .”

FOR THE OPENING LEAF OF AN ALBUM.

TO A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF HER SON.

THE ROSE, THE SHAMROCK, AND THISTLE.

SONNET, ON VISITING HELMINGHAM HALL.

SONNET, ON THE PORTRAIT OF LADY DYSART IN THE HALL AT HELMINGHAM.

WRITTEN AT FELIXSTOW,

“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN, FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED .”

A MEMORIAL OF DECEMBER 19th, 1835.

THE SPIRIT'S AIM

THE STARTING-POST;

SONNET. ON THE DEATH OF JOHN WILSON SHEPPARD, ESQ.

ASH HIGH HOUSE,

THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA.

“GOD SETTETH THE SOLITARY IN FAMILIES .”

SONNET, TO THE REV. J. J. REYNOLDS, CURATE OF WOODBRIDGE.

INVOCATION TO SPRING.

“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you .” —Isaiah lix. 2.

TO MY DAUGHTER.

“This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven .”

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SONNET. II.

[The night seems darkest ere the dawn of day]

The night seems darkest ere the dawn of day
Rises with light and gladness on its wings;
And every breaker that the ocean flings
To shore before the tempest dies away
Some sign of wreck and token of dismay,
Awakening mournful thoughts in ruin brings;
But he whose spirit resolutely clings
To his best hopes, on these his mind may stay!
Faith, humble faith! can doubts and fears defy
For every wound it bears a healing balm,
Giving for sorrow's plaint, thanksgivings psalm;
And those who trust in God when storms are high,
And waves are rough, and starless seems the sky,
Shall sing His praise in quiet's sunny calm!