Sheepieknowe (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
O power invincible of faith and love,Like angel rising to his home above,Thy heaven-lit features beam, calm, earnest grace,Firm truth, ...
Fair Hamiltonia! when a happy childI roamed thy charming precincts free and wild.Led by a father's hand, beyond thy boundsI ...
An Indian Prince now Resident in England.Of late I listened to a wondrous tale From lips revered. 'Twas not of war ...
The bridge was won, the foe had crossedThe Clyde; the Covenanted hostHad lost the day, and vanquished fled.Mixed with the ...
A panting messenger of woe and dread,His garments torn, and dust upon his head,His wounded feet with blood and travel ...
'Twas ancient Macedon that gave to timeThe hero, world-renown'd—his sire sublimeOlympian Jove: so said the royal dameWhose breast maternal nursed ...
On the Early Death of her only Son."We weep with those who weep:" I sympathiseWith thee, oh mother! with the ...
A Scottish Summer Sabbath MorningThe still repose, the holy calmOf this blest morn, a sacred balmSheds on my world-worn weary ...
Dark gulf of death! black cavern of despair!From your foul depths, to breathe the upper air,No victim comes—one common living ...
On The Marriage Of George Baird Of Strichen And Cecilia HattonFill high the cup, but not with wine—The cup of ...
Servant of God! through fifty honoured years,With fears and hopes, with prayerful cries and tears,With watchful care and ever-active zeal,With ...
On the Death of an only Son, who lost his life by a Railway Accident.'Twas drear November; by the turbid ...
From Glasgow To Australia With Emigrants, 1854.Go, barque of promise, prove thy name, Not on the deck, where dead and dyingHave ...
An eager, youthful voice I hearAsking for bread a father dear;For he had strayed into the wild,And wandered far, the ...
My friend, late found, yet not the less approved,Thy zealous labours in the work belovedOf earnest teaching—'midst thy toils and ...
Spirit Divine! Eternal! Holy Dove!These sacred fruits are thine,—peace, joy, and love,Even peace with heaven, and peace on earth; a ...
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