Alexander Anderson Poems (387 Poems)
A Walk To Pamphy Linns (Alexander Anderson Poems)
We took a walk to Pamphy linns— Three other friends and I,Glad-hearted as when day begins With summer in the sky. Our talk was edged with homely wit, The banter flew apace,And ever at a happy hit The laughter clad … Continue reading
The Landlord’s Best (Alexander Anderson Poems)
A Humorous Reading A strappin’, sonsie, weel-matched pairWere Jock Macree an’ Maggie Blair,An’ mony wusses, said an’ thinkit,They had that nicht when they were linkit.An’ on that day they baith were kirkit,The lasses sat fu’ gleg an’ smirkit;Though there was … Continue reading
Cameron’s Stone (Alexander Anderson Poems)
A pilgrim of the wilds to-day, I lie by Cameron’s stone,And let my fancy roam and play, And take sweet flights alone. Air’s Moss lies stretching out its bound, All wild and weird to see;And all the silence round and … Continue reading
Alexis (Alexander Anderson Poems)
He saw through his own soul. —Tennyson Alexis grew up, and through all his youthRan dreams and splendours, as a summer bowLighting upon two hills uprears its archAgainst the clouds, and all the space belowLies warm within its shadow: So … Continue reading
The Two Angels (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Two angels, as I grew up glad and gay From golden infancy,Were with me, walking all along the way On either side of me. The one at my right hand was sweet and fair, His brow spoke noble things,As if … Continue reading
The Brown Giant (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Hurrah for this rough brown giant of ours! He stood by the side of GodWhen the stars were shot from His strong right hand To the height of their pure abode;When this grand firm planet we tread upon Rose upward … Continue reading
Erratic Musings (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Alone. For Jack has gone away, To hide his head in proofs and letters;And left me here to spend the day Inside, like many of my betters.Outside the gusts of wind and rain And whirling leaves are something frightful;And, for … Continue reading
The Deil’s Stane (Alexander Anderson Poems)
O whaur hae ye been, my bonnie, bonnie bairns, Sae lang awa’ frae me?Come in, come in, for I’m weary to hae Wee Jeanie upon my knee. I lookit lang doon the howms o’ the Craw’ck, Where the fairies by … Continue reading
A Love Retrospect (Alexander Anderson Poems)
O meines Lebens goldne zeit.— Schiller O the youth of love and madness! let me sing another songEre the cynic grows upon me, and I do the world wrong. Silver moonlight sleeping over fairy realms to human eyes,Like the garments … Continue reading
Daft Ailie (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Daft Ailie cam’ in by the auld brig-en’ As the sunlicht, saft an’ sweet,Fell doon on the laigh, white wa’s o’ the toon, An’ the lang, quate, single street. It fell on her sair-worn, wrinkled face, An’ on her thin … Continue reading
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