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, ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Heaven (74 Poems)
September (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Matron fair, ripe, rich and glowing,Full thy stores, thy vintage flowing;Golden sunflowers, dahlias blowing, Deck thy festal board.With ruddy fruit the ...
To The North Americans (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"O foolish people, and unwise,"Who stop your ears and shut your eyes,Though common-sense and flagrant factsProclaim the madness of your ...
America In 1863: Her “Voice Is Still For War” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Still beyond the wild AtlanticWeeping Peace, dishevelled, frantic,Shrieking, flies from shore to shore,Hearing still the cannons roar—Seeing through the skies ...
Remonstrance (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"One murder makes a villain, millions a hero; and number sanctifies the crime."—YoungWith mournful eyes, and folded hands,And listening ear, ...
Garibaldi: A Captive (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Ye minist'ring spirits of grace, That wait on the good and the true,To comfort, support, and solace— Earth fails us—we call upon ...
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 ...
The Lowly Song of A Lowly Bard (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"My boast is not that I deduce my birthFrom loins enthroned, or rulers of the earth;But higher far my proud ...
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 ...
Summer Voices (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Beneath the shining trembling leaves that drape the bowers of June,I sit and list with raptured ear to sweetly-varied tuneOf ...
The Way of The Warl’ (Janet Hamilton Poems)
It's the way o' the Warl' when yer troubles are sair,An' yer doon i' the dirt, aye tae tramp ye ...
“Pet Marjorie” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Sweet Pet! such pets are far and few—A flow'ret balmed with spirit dew—With beauteous tints of heavenly hue—A lovely soul, ...
The Hartley Colliery Catastrophe (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dark gulf of death! black cavern of despair!From your foul depths, to breathe the upper air,No victim comes—one common living ...
Rhymes For The Times: II: 1865 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Juist noo there are mony wha rin to an' fro,An' knowledge increases, abune an' below;The yird's like a riddle, pits, ...
Mother and Child (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Away from the dwellings of care-worn menThe waters are sparkling in wood and glen—Away from the chamber and dusky hearthThe ...
Epithalamium (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On The Marriage Of George Baird Of Strichen And Cecilia HattonFill high the cup, but not with wine—The cup of ...
On The Anticipated Return of J. B. Gough To Britain (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Ere ancient Thebes began on high to raiseHer crest of towers; ere rose the wondrous mazeOf column'd temples, palaces, and ...
Impending War Between Austria and Sardinia (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Hark! the impatient dogs of war,Growling, baying from afar,The royal ban-dogs, bound and strainTo slip the leash or snap the ...
Dark Hours: The Drunkard’s Mother (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dark hours of tearless, sleepless grief,Of woe, denied the soft reliefOf tears, to soothe the burning smartThat throbs and festers ...
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 ...
Elegiac Verses (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Inscribed, and Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Dr. John Campbell, of London, who died March 26, 1867.Oh, faithful ...
October Thoughts–18 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A solemn, tender melancholy—A soft emotion, sweet and holy;A sense of stillness and repose,O'er my worn heart and spirit flows.I ...
Dirge For Jessie Macpherson (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Sad Winter weeps, his tears bedew thy grave, That grave on which no kindred sorrows flow;The wailing winds around it moan ...
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 ...
Hints To Poets (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Paint your scenes in rainbow dyes,Gild with glories of the skies;Crown the fabric Fancy rearsWith diamonds from the starry spheres;With ...
Shew Us Thy Glory (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory."—Exodus xxxiii. 18.Shew us thy glory, Lord: From Sinai's mount of flame,With ...
The Mother At Home (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A voice deep and solemn is sounding abroad;Oh mothers of Britain! each humble abodeShould echo the burden with which it ...
Auld Scotlan’ (Janet Hamilton Poems)
At The Laying Of The Foundation Stone Of The Wallace Monument At Stirling, 1861Auld Scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs ...
Verses (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Benevolence, attended by beauty, By elegance, fashion, and grace,Makes pleasure, the handmaid of duty, To plead for the poor in this place.She ...
Our Heavenly Father (Janet Hamilton Poems)
An eager, youthful voice I hearAsking for bread a father dear;For he had strayed into the wild,And wandered far, the ...