The Death of Stephen (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O power invincible of faith and love,Like angel rising to his home above,Thy heaven-lit features beam, calm, earnest grace,Firm truth, ...
O power invincible of faith and love,Like angel rising to his home above,Thy heaven-lit features beam, calm, earnest grace,Firm truth, ...
With fondest love and sweetest pleasureGaze I on my infant treasure—My sweetest rose, my purest pearl,Heaven's latest gift, my baby-girl.Opening ...
She wrocht her wark an' never lintit,Her wrangs to nane she ever mintit;An' tho' they war baith grit an' sair,O' ...
A panting messenger of woe and dread,His garments torn, and dust upon his head,His wounded feet with blood and travel ...
Again I ha'e ta'en to the clinkin' o' rhymes—It's no on the signs, it's the deeds o' the timesO' whilk ...
On His Going Out To CanadaArise, for this is not thy rest; go forthAnd brave the frozen rigours of the ...
Queen of hundred ocean Isles, Rich in scenic grandeurs;Land of forest, hill, and glen, Where the tourist wanders.Land of torrent, lake, and ...
"Avaunt, away! dread shapes of hate and fearThat hover round me," moan'd the dying Year:"Dark treason, superstition, and misrule!Man, 'neath ...
A loftier muse, in higher strains, may sing A grander requiem o'er the stateman's bier:Yet genius, rank, and grandeur may not ...
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 ...
Lady, to thee, to fortune, and to fame,I, all unknown, would yet aspiring claimA right to love thee, and admire ...
O earth, earth, earth! where wilt thou hide thy slain?How cover up the blood thy children pour in vain?The air ...
"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 ...
At The Laying Of The Foundation Stone Of The Wallace Monument At Stirling, 1861Auld Scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs ...
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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