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 (56 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Buonaparte’s Coronation (Christian Milne Poems)
'TIS painful to a Briton's eyes,To see a tyrant in disguiseUsurping LOUIS ' throne;While Peers and Prelates round him crowd,And ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
To Peace (Christian Milne Poems)
PEACE ! with thy placid mien,Who'st long a stranger beenTo Freedom's sons on Britain's rocky shore--O come! and with thee ...
The Shipwreck (Christian Milne Poems)
See! Round yon rock the bellowing wavesIn quick succession spread!Their dashing spray the summit laves;While Anna , wretched maid!With mournful ...
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 ...
To The Ship-Carpenters Of Footdee (Christian Milne Poems)
MY Lads of Oak, pray why so soonTir'd out with doing well?Don't drop your pikes, but persevere,Be ardent to excel:Nor ...
Written in September, 1804 (Christian Milne Poems)
BROWN Autumn's come, dispersing leavesOn all the winds--and nodding sheavesShe brings, with reapers in her train,Who gather in the yellow ...
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 ...
To A Very Imprudent Young Woman (Christian Milne Poems)
WHY all this haste, unhappy Maid,To reach the goal of shame?Why rush so fast from fault to fault,Nor think yourself ...
On Seeing A list Of Subscribers To This Little Book (Christian Milne Poems)
I wonder, said a friend of mine,"How many names of taste will shine"On your Subscription List?""Two hundred, Sir, perhaps, or ...
To A Lady, Who Did Me The Honour To Call At My House (Christian Milne Poems)
THAT ne'er-to-be-forgotten dayYou came to see my cottage,My honest Mate adores you since,With fervor next to dotage.He said, you could ...
Written During His Majesty’s Illness, February, 1804 (Christian Milne Poems)
SEE how Britannia droops her head,This gloomy hour she sees,And weeps to find AUGUSTUS laidDepriv'd of health and ease.She anxious ...
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 ...
Painful Anxiety (Christian Milne Poems)
SINCE WILLIAM cross'd the roaring seas,I cannot taste a moment's ease;Imagination's busy trainPresents him buried in the main!At times, I ...
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 ...