Margaret Chalmers Poems on War & Peace (6 Poems)
The Sufferings of Faro Parts I, II (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
The following lines were suggested by the circumstance of a boat, from the Faro Islands, stopping at Lerwick, on her way to Leith, in quest of a supply of provisions, the Islands being at the time under the calamity of … Continue reading
On the Banks of the Esk (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
WHILE Tweed’s fam’d stream in numbers rolls along,And Tay’s meanders sweetly glide in song;Thy windings Esk, in silence should not flow,If the coy Nine would numbers fit bestow;Fain would my humble muse thy beauties sing,Would sing thy banks, thy groves, … Continue reading
Congratulatory Lines on the Jubilee :Humbly addressed to His Majesty (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
HAPPY Britannia, favour’d Isle! Fate on thee delights to smile; Even amid the woes of war, Thund’ring dreadful from afar; Let no discordant voice complain, For, lo! we hail the Jubilee of George’s reign.Let each religion, every sect attend,And, in their several temples, lowly bend,Imploring … Continue reading
Lines, (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
HAIL , precious drops! may you relief impartUnto the Royal Mourner’s gentle heart.Hail, precious drops! by nature kindly lent,Grief’s overpow’ring torrent to prevent.Hail, precious drops! you flow from virtue’s source,And prove affection in its native force.While touch’d thy heart with … Continue reading
On the Expected return of Lord Collingwood to England (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
WHILE every muse impatient waits To meet the hero on the strand,And welcome Collingwood’s return, Triumphant! to his native land,Will he forgive a Thulian maid Her rude attempt, untaught to sing,Who never trod Aonian mount, Nor ever sipp’d Pierian spring.Stern Neptune, give thy sea-nymphs … Continue reading
ODE FOR THE MORNING OF THE BRITISH JUBILEE, 1809 (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
WELCOME , auspicious morn,Aurora fair adorn Thy rising bright;Let our proud banners stream,Grac’d by lov’d Charlotte’s* name,And cannon loud proclaim, Loyal delight.Sol, shine with genial ray,Smile on the happy day, Banish each frown; For, in the fiftieth round,Thou George the Third hast found,With … Continue reading
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