The Black Snakes (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Friendship (21 Poems)
Contrasted Scenes From Real Life (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Scene I—Marriage of Sir R. Peel With Lady E. HaySee yonder gorgeous fane, its doors expand,Throng'd with the rank, wealth, ...
A Real Incident of The Persecuting Times In Scotland (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The Scene—A Lonely Low Thatched Cottage Near Airdrie Burn, New MonklandShe lay within that lonely cot,And seemed by all, save ...
Elegy (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Where are ye, friend of my youth? And echo answered, 'Where!'"Where are ye, dear companions of my youth? I gaze around and ...
To The Rev. John James (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On His Going Out To CanadaArise, for this is not thy rest; go forthAnd brave the frozen rigours of the ...
William of Prussia: The Aggressor (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine ...
Addressed To Mr. John Fairlie (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Calling a world to arms—I hear from farThe pealing clangours of the trump of war;The horizon political flames forthHer angry ...
A Parody On “The Wayside Well” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
An Exquisite Little Poem In Dickens' "Household Words"Hail to thee, the Workman's Friend, We wreathe thy brow with roses!While thy useful ...
Woman (Janet Hamilton Poems)
There is an element of powerThat suits the needs of every hour—All wants to which our state gives birth—The life, ...
The Dying Old Year, 1867 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Avaunt, away! dread shapes of hate and fearThat hover round me," moan'd the dying Year:"Dark treason, superstition, and misrule!Man, 'neath ...
Midnight Thoughts At The Close of 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dark and lone, at midnight sitting,Not unthinking, not unwitting,As I muse of my surroundings,Sorrows deep and spirit woundings—The anguish keen, ...
A True Story: To Young Abstainers (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Listen, dear ones, to my story, True as sad, and sad as true;'Tis a tale to make you sorry— Show you what ...
Civil War In America–Exp (Janet Hamilton Poems)
No darker record on the roll of timeWas e'er inscribed to country, age, or clime,By the red hand of war—so ...
Lines Addressed To The Rev. Dr. John Muir, of St. James’ Parish, Glasgow (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Servant of God! through fifty honoured years,With fears and hopes, with prayerful cries and tears,With watchful care and ever-active zeal,With ...
Lines Addressed To A Friend (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lines Addressed To A Friend On Receiving From Him A Volume of "The Parnassus Journal."Owre a Parnassus I hae wannert,Wi' ...
November Findings–18 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Thou frigid tyrant, dark and stern November!We shrink before thee, and shall long rememberThy levin fires, untimely thunder volleys,That in ...
On The Death of John Cassell (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The True and Esteemed Friend of the Working ManWhat mournful voices thrill upon my ears? What wailing tones of sorrow vex ...
To William Logan (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On the Death of his aged Mother.Mourn not, my Christian friend:—thy late removed,Thy sainted mother, cherished and beloved,In Jesus fell ...
Lines Addressed To Rev. D— G—, B.A. (Janet Hamilton Poems)
My friend, late found, yet not the less approved,Thy zealous labours in the work belovedOf earnest teaching—'midst thy toils and ...
Lines Sacred To The Memory of Mr. John Whitelaw (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Once dear companion of my early youth,The heart of feeling and the soul of truthIn thee were joined, and still ...
Lines Addressed To Mr. M. Fairlie, Esq., Viewfield House, (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On Receiving His Photographic PortraitMy valued friend, long tried and true,Thanks warm, sincere, I render you,And haste to say with ...