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 Truth (34 Poems)
The Death of Stephen (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O power invincible of faith and love,Like angel rising to his home above,Thy heaven-lit features beam, calm, earnest grace,Firm truth, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Address To Garibaldi In His Retirement At Caprera, 1868 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lone dweller of the stony isle!Dost thou at fortune's caprice smile,Soars thy great mind above thy state,Serene amid the shocks ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Freedom For Italy–1867 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"He is the freeman whom the Truth makes free;All else are slaves," I cry aloud to thee,O Garibaldi! in the ...
The First and Second Advents of Garibaldi— (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Ye blest celestial twain, From your bright spheres descending,He called ye not in vain, His soul's devotion tending.To liberty and truth, With burning ...
Spirit-Rappi (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lines inscribed to the new Professor of Spiritual Rapology, Glasgow, 1864.Hast thou abjured the worship of old Mammon,To offer incense ...
Medley of Thoughts And Feelings On The Italian Crisis (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Had I a thousand mouths, a thousand tongues,A thousand throats, inspired with brazen lungs,"I'd rouse with thunder tones the slumbering ...
Denmark And The German Despots (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"I see a people scattered like a flock,Some royal mastiff panting at their heelsWith all the savage thirst a tiger ...
The God of The Seasons (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O God of the Seasons! we bringTo Thee our thankoff'rings of praise;We soar with the lark; as we sing,The skies ...
“God Is Departed From Me, And Answereth Me No More” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A King has sought at midnight hour The sorceress in her cell,And bids invoke the Prophet's shade, His coming doom to tell.He ...
Woman (Janet Hamilton Poems)
There is an element of powerThat suits the needs of every hour—All wants to which our state gives birth—The life, ...
Stanzas To April And Invitation To Garibaldi (Janet Hamilton Poems)
April's genial sun is shining,Vernal clouds with "silver lining,"Rich and balmy dews distilling,Flora's opening flower-cups filling With the pearly treasure;On her ...
Sweet May Morn (Janet Hamilton Poems)
'Tis sweet May morn; wake, drowsy girls!Come ere the sun has stolen the pearls—The dewy pearls—that glisten sheenOn May's soft ...
Verses On The Calder In It’s Course By St. Enoch’s, Rosehall (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lone Calder! sweet Calder! beloved of my youth,When Nature I worshipped with fervour and truth;Sweet memories float like a beautiful ...
To Members And Office-Beare (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I speak to my brothers—to men who have givenA pledge unto man—a pledge unto heaven,That in deed and in truth ...
The Seven Stars: A Constellatio (Janet Hamilton Poems)
BEATTIE.Sweet minstrel! from thy hermit's cell Rich strains of sacred truth are flowing,The haughty sceptic's pride to quell; Thy harp is tuned ...
Lines Addressed To The Rev. Dr. John Muir, of St. James’ Parish, Glasgow (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Servant of God! through fifty honoured years,With fears and hopes, with prayerful cries and tears,With watchful care and ever-active zeal,With ...
Elegiac Verses (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Inscribed, and Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Dr. John Campbell, of London, who died March 26, 1867.Oh, faithful ...
Lines Addressed To A Friend (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lines Addressed To A Friend On Receiving From Him A Volume of "The Parnassus Journal."Owre a Parnassus I hae wannert,Wi' ...
North America and Her War Parsons (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us,"Not airs from Heaven, quite the reverse you send us,Your priests who counsel war ...
Hints To Poets (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Paint your scenes in rainbow dyes,Gild with glories of the skies;Crown the fabric Fancy rearsWith diamonds from the starry spheres;With ...
Address And Invitation (Janet Hamilton Poems)
To a Young Friend who had gone over to Ireland in the interests of his Political Party, at the Parliamentary ...
Brave Angus Cameron (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The Winner of the Queen's Prize at Rifle Shooting, Wimbledon, 1866."When wine and other liquors were pressed upon him after ...