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 ...
Janet Hamilton Poems on Sons (27 Poems)
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 ...
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, ...
Grannie Mirk: A Stirling Grannie (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A clever young dominie—noo in a kirk—Was keepin' a schule near to auld Grannie Mirk—A couthie auld grannie as e'er ...
“Bothwell Brig” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O, Bonnie Clyde! a shimmering gleam Oot owre thy rippling bosom plays,Whan frae the bricht blue sky o' June The sun leuks ...
Mysie, An Aul’ Warl’, But Ower True Story (Janet Hamilton Poems)
She wrocht her wark an' never lintit,Her wrangs to nane she ever mintit;An' tho' they war baith grit an' sair,O' ...
Ichabod (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A panting messenger of woe and dread,His garments torn, and dust upon his head,His wounded feet with blood and travel ...
The Enemy In The Gate (Janet Hamilton Poems)
To Britannia.Nay, all this availeth thee nothing— Thy prestige, thy power, and estate,Thy glory, honour, and riches; An enemy sits in the ...
A Phase of The War In America, 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On The Road To RichmondGive me angel wing and eye, Give me arm and strength Herculean;With the speed of light I'll ...
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 ...
Address To Mrs. WM. Anderson (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On the Early Death of her only Son."We weep with those who weep:" I sympathiseWith thee, oh mother! with the ...
The Mourning Mother (Janet Hamilton Poems)
What woe is thine, pale mother?—sayWhat grief devours thy heart? For ayeThy looks averted shun the day,And midnight sees thee ...
The Garden of God (Janet Hamilton Poems)
In a vineyard where grape-laden boughs To the trellised wall heavily cling,Where the voice of the turtle is heard, And the song ...
“God Is Departed From Me, And Answereth Me No More” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
A King has sought at midnight hour The sorceress in her cell,And bids invoke the Prophet's shade, His coming doom to tell.He ...
On Seeing A Thousand Sabbath School Children (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Walk In Procession To Visit The Garden And Pleasure Grounds of Drumpeller HouseWhat went ye out to see? A Queen gone ...
The Midnight Vigil (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Mournful, sighing, sadly weeping,Sleepless 'midst a household sleeping;Midnight's lonely vigil keeping, Darkling and alone;From my sore each friend and loverStand aloof, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Address And Invitation (Janet Hamilton Poems)
To a Young Friend who had gone over to Ireland in the interests of his Political Party, at the Parliamentary ...
To William Craig (Janet Hamilton Poems)
On the Death of an only Son, who lost his life by a Railway Accident.'Twas drear November; by the turbid ...
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 ...
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 ...
Garibaldi In His Conquering Career In Italy (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Oh for a blast of the loudest E'er blown from the trumpet of fame!Oh for a song of the proudest E'er sung ...