Sketches of Village Character In Days “O’ Langsyne” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane,Blin', dowie, an' cowerin' upon the hearth stane,On places an' faces I ken'd o' ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Life (76 Poems)
A Wheen Aul’ Memories (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I.— COATBRIDGEWi' my haun on my haffit I sit by the fire,An' think that for nocht I hae sic a ...
Mary Lee: A Ballad (Janet Hamilton Poems)
What ails ye, bonnie Mary Lee? What gars ye greet an' pine?Your e'e is dim, your cheek is wan— What ails ye, ...
The Ballad O’ Mary Muiren (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The pride o' the clachan, the rose o' the glen,The flower o' oor lasses was Mary Muiren;Sae modest, an' mensefu', ...
Grannie’s Tale: A Ballad o’Memorie (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The days o' langsyne, O! the days o' langsyne,Sweet thochts o' the bygane, I never sall tyne;Tho' darklin' I sit ...
The Greetin’ Bairn (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A Legend of Luggie Burn (Langloan)Wow, Maggie, hae ye seen a ghaist? Your maist as white as ane yoursel,'Wi' een like ...
Sheepieknowe (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
Ballad of The New Monkland Martyr (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dochter Peggy sat on the kiln, An' watch'd owre her faither's life,For he had been at Both'ell brig, An' joined in the ...
A Lay of The Loch An’ The Muirlan’ (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"The Short And Simple Annals of The Poor"A lanely loch, a muirlan' broon, A warl' o' whins an' heather,Whaur aft, whan ...
Memories (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lonely musing, sadly thinking,Strength and spirits failing, sinking,Drooping, shivering, cow'ring, shrinking, In the wintry blast.Winds are howling, roaring, screaming,Thunder rolling, lightning ...
The Fever-Cloud (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The fever-cloud hung owre the toun, Dark drippin' wi' the dews o' death,That fell on mony a lowly hame Wi' silent, stealin,' ...
Centenary Poem (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Recited at Burns' Centenary Festival, held at Mauchlin, January 25, 1859Oh Bard beloved! as pilgrims to thy shrine, With song and ...
Reminiscence (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Fair Hamiltonia! when a happy childI roamed thy charming precincts free and wild.Led by a father's hand, beyond thy boundsI ...
Pairtin’ An’ Meetin’ (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O Nannie, dear Nannie! whan ye gaed awa',I thocht my fu' heart wad hae broken in twa;An' sair ye were ...
Duleep Singh (Janet Hamilton Poems)
An Indian Prince now Resident in England.Of late I listened to a wondrous tale From lips revered. 'Twas not of war ...
Contrasted Scenes From Real Life (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Scene I—Marriage of Sir R. Peel With Lady E. HaySee yonder gorgeous fane, its doors expand,Throng'd with the rank, wealth, ...
Cousin Aggie: A Memory (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The seal of sixty summers now,Cousin Aggie, marks thy brow,If beneath Canadian skiesStill thou livest. Mayhap thou liesWithin the forest's ...
A Real Incident of The Persecuting Times In Scotland (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The Scene—A Lonely Low Thatched Cottage Near Airdrie Burn, New MonklandShe lay within that lonely cot,And seemed by all, save ...
Some Incidents In The Latter Days of John Whitelaw (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The bridge was won, the foe had crossedThe Clyde; the Covenanted hostHad lost the day, and vanquished fled.Mixed with the ...
Barnsley Colliery Explosion (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Far, far below, oh, far below,Where sulphurous lightnings flash and glow,Where blasting, bellowing thunders roarWith rending crash—dark Stygian shore;Black gulf ...
The Feast of The “Munches” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I'm a lamiter, Girzie, or I wad hae beenAt the feast o' the mutches hauden yestreenIn the big City Ha'—the ...
Mysie, An Aul’ Warl’, But Ower True Story (Janet Hamilton Poems)
She wrocht her wark an' never lintit,Her wrangs to nane she ever mintit;An' tho' they war baith grit an' sair,O' ...
Elegy (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Where are ye, friend of my youth? And echo answered, 'Where!'"Where are ye, dear companions of my youth? I gaze around and ...
Ichabod (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A panting messenger of woe and dread,His garments torn, and dust upon his head,His wounded feet with blood and travel ...
Intemperance (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Oh that my head were waters," and mine eyes A tearful fountain, ever running over,A heart that bleeds, and struggles, moans, ...
Rhymes For The Times: III (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Again I ha'e ta'en to the clinkin' o' rhymes—It's no on the signs, it's the deeds o' the timesO' whilk ...
A Ballad of Memorie (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Nae mair, alas! nae mair I'll see Young mornin's gowden hairSpread ower the lift—the dawnin' sheen O' simmer mornin' fair!Nae mair the ...
On The Russian War in the Crimea, 1854-5 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough hew them as we will."—-ShakspereBehold with awe, and high adoring wonder,The living car ...
Lines Written On The Birth of The Year 1853 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Hail! infant year, fresh from the womb of Time,Cradled in clouds, what shapes and shades sublimeAttend thy birth, and hover ...
To The Rev. John James (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On His Going Out To CanadaArise, for this is not thy rest; go forthAnd brave the frozen rigours of the ...