Sketches of Village Character In Days “O’ Langsyne” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane,Blin', dowie, an' cowerin' upon the hearth stane,On places an' faces I ken'd o' ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Fire (25 Poems)
A Wheen Aul’ Memories (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I.— COATBRIDGEWi' my haun on my haffit I sit by the fire,An' think that for nocht I hae sic a ...
The Ballad O’ Mary Muiren (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The pride o' the clachan, the rose o' the glen,The flower o' oor lasses was Mary Muiren;Sae modest, an' mensefu', ...
Grannie’s Crack Aboot The Famine In Auld Scotlan’ In 1739-40 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Oh saw ye e'er sic witless bairns, Sic wasterie o' blessin's gien?Oh had they dree'd what we ha'e dree'd, Oh had they ...
A Lay of The Loch An’ The Muirlan’ (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"The Short And Simple Annals of The Poor"A lanely loch, a muirlan' broon, A warl' o' whins an' heather,Whaur aft, whan ...
Centenary Poem (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Recited at Burns' Centenary Festival, held at Mauchlin, January 25, 1859Oh Bard beloved! as pilgrims to thy shrine, With song and ...
Grannie’s Dream: A True Incident (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Beside the winter e'ening fire, A gleg wee lass o' towmonds ten,Sat nestlin' close to Grannie's knee, Upon the cozie clean fire-en'.The ...
The Warning Wail (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A minstrel old, in feudal hall, When wassail bowls were brimm'd and flowing,Responsive to his chieftain's call, And joyous dame, young, bright, ...
Luggie: Past and Present (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I have seen thy crystal watersMirror Beauty's sportive daughters;Seen the village maiden thereLave her brow and braid her hair—Wade, till ...
Some Incidents In The Latter Days of John Whitelaw (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The bridge was won, the foe had crossedThe Clyde; the Covenanted hostHad lost the day, and vanquished fled.Mixed with the ...
Barnsley Colliery Explosion (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Far, far below, oh, far below,Where sulphurous lightnings flash and glow,Where blasting, bellowing thunders roarWith rending crash—dark Stygian shore;Black gulf ...
On The Russian War in the Crimea, 1854-5 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough hew them as we will."—-ShakspereBehold with awe, and high adoring wonder,The living car ...
The Contrast (Janet Hamilton Poems)
See yonder wretched little girl,Braving cold, and want, and peril,Wandering through the frozen street,Seeking her she fears to meet;Matted locks ...
Caledonia (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Fair Caledonia! honoured name!The Muse shall boast thy worth and fame;The circling seas that dash and boilAround thy shores with ...
The Child of France (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On the Birth of the Prince Imperial of Francexhausted, faint, and pale, A fair young mother lies—She hears her babe's first ...
Spirit-Rappi (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lines inscribed to the new Professor of Spiritual Rapology, Glasgow, 1864.Hast thou abjured the worship of old Mammon,To offer incense ...
Be Pitiful (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Be pitiful, be pitiful, Pity the weak and worn;Pity the outcast vile, Ever so lost and lorn.Pity the poor who groan beneath Poverty's ...
The God of The Seasons (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O God of the Seasons! we bringTo Thee our thankoff'rings of praise;We soar with the lark; as we sing,The skies ...
To Members And Office-Beare (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I speak to my brothers—to men who have givenA pledge unto man—a pledge unto heaven,That in deed and in truth ...
Address And Welcome To J. B. Gough (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Welcome! Oh, welcome! in thy course of fame—Through rolling clouds of smoke and lurid flame,Belched from a hundred murky piles—at ...
The Seven Stars: A Constellatio (Janet Hamilton Poems)
BEATTIE.Sweet minstrel! from thy hermit's cell Rich strains of sacred truth are flowing,The haughty sceptic's pride to quell; Thy harp is tuned ...
North America and Her War Parsons (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us,"Not airs from Heaven, quite the reverse you send us,Your priests who counsel war ...
Rhymes For The Times: I: 1865 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
This while I've been ettlin' to string a wheen rhymes,Being unco sair fash'd at the signs o' the times—The mony ...
British Volunteers (Janet Hamilton Poems)
At the call of the bugle, and the roll of the drum,With the bold front of heroes, our trained Rifles ...
Be Hopeful: III — The Stream (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A bright stream may shrink in summer's hot fire,Flowers on her margin may droop and expire;Her channel be dry, her ...