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 Spring (18 Poems)
Grannie’s Crack Aboot The Famine In Auld Scotlan’ In 1739-40 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Oh saw ye e'er sic witless bairns, Sic wasterie o' blessin's gien?Oh had they dree'd what we ha'e dree'd, Oh had they ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Skylark–Cag (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Sweet minstrel of the summer dawn,Bard of the sky, o'er lea and lawnThy rapturous anthem, clear and loud,Rings from the ...
October, 1865 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
As by the deathbed of an aged saint,Whose pallid lips emit no moaning plaint,On whose calm brow the light of ...
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 ...
Stanzas To April And Invitation To Garibaldi (Janet Hamilton Poems)
April's genial sun is shining,Vernal clouds with "silver lining,"Rich and balmy dews distilling,Flora's opening flower-cups filling With the pearly treasure;On her ...
Retrospect of Song (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I've sung of Spring, her buds and flowers, Of Summer suns and Summer roses;Of golden Autumn's dreamy skies, The wealth her bounteous ...
Sweet May Morn (Janet Hamilton Poems)
'Tis sweet May morn; wake, drowsy girls!Come ere the sun has stolen the pearls—The dewy pearls—that glisten sheenOn May's soft ...
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 ...
Welcome To October, 1867 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I hail and bless thy presence, month most dearIn the round cycle of the rolling year;Thy grave, sweet aspect, silent ...
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' ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Seeing The Body of A Woman Drawn From The Monkland Canal (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Drifting before the tempter's power,This piteous wreck in horror's hourOn dark perdition's rock was driven!Let groaning earth and righteous heavenSum ...
Lines On The Snowdrop (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Sweet, modest, pensive, tender flower,Though snow-drifts rise and storm-clouds lowerAbove thy gentle drooping head,And chill thee on thy frozen bed—Though ...
Be Hopeful: I — The Lark (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Morning is doffing her mantle of grey;Up from the sod to the portals of dayThe blithe lark is soaring—carolling free,Musical ...