Effie: A Ballad (Janet Hamilton Poems)
She was wearin' awa'! she was wearin' awa'!Wi' the leaves in October, we thocht she wad fa',For her cheek was ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Smiling (25 Poems)
Memories (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lonely musing, sadly thinking,Strength and spirits failing, sinking,Drooping, shivering, cow'ring, shrinking, In the wintry blast.Winds are howling, roaring, screaming,Thunder rolling, lightning ...
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, ...
Cousin Aggie: A Memory (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The seal of sixty summers now,Cousin Aggie, marks thy brow,If beneath Canadian skiesStill thou livest. Mayhap thou liesWithin the forest's ...
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 ...
Address To Garibaldi In His Retirement At Caprera, 1868 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lone dweller of the stony isle!Dost thou at fortune's caprice smile,Soars thy great mind above thy state,Serene amid the shocks ...
On The Death of A Highly Gifted And Prococious Child (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Who died at the age of six years and two monthsToo fair, too pale, too pure and wiseFor earth, she ...
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 May Flower (Janet Hamilton Poems)
May, sweet May! this branch of blossomFrom thy fragrant, beauteous bosom,I accept and clasp the treasureTo my breast with grateful ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Sunday Rail: I (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Now range up the carriages, feed up the fires!To the rail, to the rail, now the pent up desiresOf the ...
Decay (Janet Hamilton Poems)
THE MAIDENI gazed on a beautiful girl, How bright were the tints on her cheek!How brilliant the light in her eyes!— Her ...
Lyrics of Drink (1) (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Whatever step I take, and into whatever direction I may strike, the drink-demon starts up before me and blocks my ...
“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, ...
June, 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Why darkly veiled, like mourning bride,Com'st thou, sweet June?—Why dost thou hideThy glowing charms and lustrous eyesBeneath a cloudy, cold ...
A Faithful Mother’s Love (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dear child! a faithful mother's love For thee will toil, and watch, and pray;An angel hovering still above Thy couch by night, ...
Lines (Janet Hamilton Poems)
She comes, she comes—all right, all well!Thank God! thank God! the fearful spellThat chilled our hearts is broke; no more,On ...
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 ...
Spring (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Fairy Spring, in kirtle green,Stealing through the woods, is seenGliding o'er the freshening meadowBright with sunshine, dim with shadow,Smiling on ...
On The Meeting of The Social Science Association (Janet Hamilton Poems)
In Glasgow, September 1860:Queen of the West! we hail thee from afar!The brilliance of each "bright particular star,"That gilds thy ...
Welcome To October (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Welcome, October! let my simple songSoft echoing, steal thy yellow groves along,Where Nature, conscious of her faded charms,Dejected, sinks into ...
To Teachers of The Young (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Husbandman, for work prepareTender plants of promise fair;Rise! around thee everywhereLife's young spring-time claims thy care, Willing heart, and hand.Dig, manure, ...
The Servant of The Lord (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Servant of God! thy soul's pure spring of lifeDisturb, defile not, with unholy strife;Gentle to all, as it becomes thee ...
Lines On The Trial of Madeline Smith For The Murder of L’Angelier (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Shade of the hapless stranger, lost L'Angelier, Whose life's young light was quenched in guilt and shame,Say haunts thou still the ...