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 Mind (17 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 Captive Sailor (Christian Milne Poems)
A TALE. JACK HARDY long for lovely NANCY Had sigh'd sincere, on sea and shore;She danc'd, she sung, she drest ...
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 ...
Written At Fourteen Years Of Age (Christian Milne Poems)
ON AN ELDERLY LADY WHOM I THEN SERVED. WHY am I destin'd here to stay,Excluded from the world that's gay;Confinement, ...
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 ...
Address To The Shade Of Burns (Christian Milne Poems)
Now thou art gone, O BURNS ! to thy last bed,Where Kings and Ploughmen, Wits and Fools, are laid;Nor softer ...
Advice To A Young Female (Christian Milne Poems)
YOU ask my counsel how you ought to live;Unfit am I the needful rules to giveFor female conduct, which requires ...
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 ...
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 ...
To My Husband, On The Return Of Our Wedding Day (Christian Milne Poems)
FOUR times the Sun has cross'd the Line,Since Love and HYMEN made you mine:Tho' we be lowly, poor, and mean,We ...
On The Birth Of a Child, A Few Days After The Death Of A First (Christian Milne Poems)
ADDRESSED TO THE PARENTS. THIS happy change will teach the pious mindWhat all should own, that GOD is ever kind!How ...
On A Blank Leaf of The Bible (Christian Milne Poems)
COME , holy Spirit, to my aid,To Thee be every homage paid;Inhabit Thou my darken'd mind,And there, unfeign'd, a welcome ...
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 #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 ...
On Envy (Christian Milne Poems)
BEFORE pale Envy who can stand,So keenly sharp her forky tongue?E'en harmless mirth as guilt she'll brand--My peace of mind ...
Written In A State Of Suspence (Christian Milne Poems)
HAIL ! beauteous Spring; thy smiling faceOnce made me more than blest,When Fancy taught me that I heldA place in ...