William And Mira (Christian Milne Poems)
A TALE. ON her lov'd infant, as it sleeping lies,Ah! little does the tender mother know,While fondly gazing with delighted ...
Christian Milne Poems on Love (22 Poems)
The Wounded Soldier (Christian Milne Poems)
A TALE. WHILE tyrants sit enthron'd in state,With trophies at their feet,And fawning courtiers round them wait,With adulation sweet!Informing them ...
The Sailor’s Adieu (Christian Milne Poems)
A TALE. THE ship unmoor'd, the anchor weigh'd,Full tide the vessel laves;While busy hands the canvas spread,To wing her on ...
Introductory Verses (Christian Milne Poems)
WHILE worth and taste with generous hand entwineA wreath to bind this humble brow of mine,Kind ABERDONIA 's sons and ...
Painful Reflections When Sick (Christian Milne Poems)
WHY heave my sighs, and thus my tearsWhy do they flow so fast?Why swells my mind with former grief,And woes ...
The Aged Cottagers (Christian Milne Poems)
A THOUSAND joys has happy Age,When Youth has left no sting;A conscience sound makes life's last stageGlide smooth on lighter ...
The Inconstant Lover (Christian Milne Poems)
O! DAMON ! how much thou art chang'd--How cold that false bosom of thine;Since late, on Dee's banks as we ...
Written In Early Spring, 1795 (Christian Milne Poems)
Now Winter's chilling frosts are o'er,And cold bleak winds assail no more;The fleecy snow no more is seen,But Spring comes ...
Song #1 (Christian Milne Poems)
Now Winter is o'er, and sweet Spring is returning,Green buds are expanding to deck ev'ry tree;My BILLY 's return'd! no ...
When In Dread Of My Husband’s Safety At Sea (Christian Milne Poems)
THIS life still teems with real ills,To give complaining scope;Then why should I anticipate,While there's a ray of hope?Why comes ...
Song #4 (Christian Milne Poems)
TUNE--"ROY'S WIFE." CHORUS. DEIGN to love me, charming MARY !Deign to love me, charming MARY !Ease this love-sick heart of ...
The Parting (Christian Milne Poems)
DEAR partner of my soul, adieu!I go! and see, the ship's in view--The streamers flutt'ring play,The hardy crew unbend each ...
Song #5 (Christian Milne Poems)
TUNE--"THE LEA RIG." WHILE summer laughs in ev'ry grove,And paints in gayest hues each flower,Dear charmer, come! my constant love,To ...
Written On The Morning Of The Communion Sabbath (Christian Milne Poems)
STAY here, my worldly Works and cares,Till I, approaching, see,And taste how good is Jacob's GOD ,Who meets this day ...
Song #2 (Christian Milne Poems)
TUNE--"LOGAN WATER." AT eve, when Dee's transparent streamFlows trembling 'neath the moon's pale beam,Lone on its banks I sit and ...
To A Lady, January 1st, 1805 (Christian Milne Poems)
TO-DAY , when compliments are flying,Each wishing each "a good new year,"Kind Madam, ever most complying,Lend the poor Bard your ...
Song #3 (Christian Milne Poems)
TUNE--"LASS O' PATIE'S MILL." SWEET lass of Aberdeen,Let me not sue in vain,My proffers long have beenRejected with disdain:Let me ...
On My Wedding Gown (Christian Milne Poems)
THIS gift I prize all things above,'Twas given me by the Man I love,An emblem of his mind;'Tis pure and ...
Song #10 (Christian Milne Poems)
DEAR MARY ! while youth's summer lasts,Come, taste life's pleasures in our bloom,Ere age, with its corroding blasts,Lay beauty's honours ...
I’VE ate this day of JESUS ‘ feast, (Christian Milne Poems)
And own'd Him for my King,My Priest, my Prophet, and my GOD ,Who did salvation bring!With sorrow's tear in either ...
Song #7 (Christian Milne Poems)
COOL evening invites--let us stray,Where the moon sweetly chequers the grove,While her beams on Tweed's wave gaily play,And PHILOMEL warbles ...
Written When My Husband Was At Sea (Christian Milne Poems)
How joyless I sit,While for nothing I'm fit,A part from the kindest of men!When my babes lie asleep,My lone vigils ...