Beautiful Crief (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, Take my advice, and visit the ancient town ...
Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, Take my advice, and visit the ancient town ...
'Twas in the year of 1887, and on the 28th of September, Which many people of Honan, in China, will ...
Chorus -- Bonnie Helen, will you go to Callander with me And gaze upon its beauties and romantic scenery Dear ...
'Twas on Friday the 2nd of March, in the year of 1894, That the Storm Fiend did loudly laugh and ...
Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port On board a privateer, in search of sport, ...
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day In the year of 1838, a steamer passed ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand, And wondrously created by the Almighty's command; And the works of the Almighty ...
'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
Oh, mighty city of New York, you are wonderful to behold-- Your buildings are magnificent-- the truth be it told-- ...
As I stood upon the Dean Bridge and viewed the beautiful scenery, I felt fascinated and my heart was full ...
Beautiful Loch Ness, The truth to express, Your landscapes are lovely and gay, Along each side of your waters, to ...
There lived in Munich a poor, weakly youth, But for the exact date, I cannot vouch for the truth, And ...
Oh! beautiful Oban with your lovely bay, Your surroundings are magnificent on a fine summer-day; There the lover of the ...
'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 ...
A sad tale of the sea, I will unfold, About Mrs Lingard, that Heroine bold; Who struggled hard in the ...
'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day, That a numerous English army came in grand array, And ...
Ye landsmen all attend my verse, and I'll tell to ye a tale Concerning the barque "Wm. Paterson" that was ...
'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War, That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there ...
'Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of February, Lord Gough met and attacked Shere Sing right ...
'Twas in the year of 1866, and on a very beautiful day, That eighty-two passengers, with spirits light and gay, ...
A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold, Enough to make one's blood run cold; Concerning four fishermen cast ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a terrible ...
King Robert the Bruce's deadly enemy, John of Lorn, Joined the English with eight hundred Highlanders one morn, All strong, ...
'Twas in the village of Ruily there lived a bonnie lass With red, pouting lips which few lasses could surpass, ...
As I stood upon the sandy beach One morn near Pentland Ferry, I saw a beautiful brigantine, And all her ...
On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise, Near by the Bridge of Cramond met ...
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