Jack Honest, or the Widow and Her Son (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Jack Honest was only eight years of age when his father died, And by the death of his father, Mrs ...
Jack Honest was only eight years of age when his father died, And by the death of his father, Mrs ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
A heroic story I will unfold, Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold, Who lived in Australia, at a gold mine ...
It was biting cold, and the falling snow, Which filled a poor little match girl's heart with woe, Who was ...
Alas! the people's hearts are now full of sorrow For the deceased Professor Blackie, of Edinboro'; Because he was a ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
In a humble room in London sat a pretty little boy, By the bedside of his sick mother her only ...
'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885, That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full ...
Near by the silent waters of the Mediterranean, And at the door of an old hut stood a coloured man, ...
Pity the sorrows of the poor blind, For they can but little comfort find; As they walk along the street, ...
Down by the beautiful Lakes of Killarney, Off times I have met my own dear Barney, In the sweet summer ...
'Twas in the town of Sunderland, and in the year of 1883, That about 200 children were launch'd into eternity ...
'Twas in the year of 1898, ond on the 21st of June, The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a ...
Friends of humanity, of high and low degree, I pray ye all come listen to me; And truly I will ...
'Twas in the United States of America some years ago An aged father sat at his fireside with his heart ...
Beautiful Sun! with thy golden rays, To God, the wise Creator, be all praise; For thou nourisheth all the creation, ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a terrible ...
A little child stood thinking, sorrowfully and ill at ease, In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine ...
Kind Christians, pray list to me, And I'll relate a sad story, Concerning a little blind girl, only nine years ...
On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise, Near by the Bridge of Cramond met ...
O' a' the toons that I've been in, I dearly love Dundee, It's there the bonnie lassie lives, The lass ...
Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled, And the face of Nature doth seem dead, And the leaves are withered, and ...
'Twas in the village of Ruily there lived a bonnie lass With red, pouting lips which few lasses could surpass, ...
Annie Marshall was a foundling, and lived in Downderry, And was trained up by a coast-guardsman, kind-hearted and merry And ...
Alas! the people now do sigh and moan For the loss of Wm. Ewart Gladstone, Who was a very great ...
The mountains and glens of Aberfoyle are beautiful to sight, Likewise the rivers and lakes are sparkling and bright; And ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
Ye lovers of the picturesque, away and see Beautiful Balmoral, near by the River Dee; There ye will see the ...
A pathetic tragedy I will relate, Concerning poor Fred. Marsden's fate, Who suffocated himself by the fumes of gas, On ...
'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember, The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on ...
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