Book: Poetic Gems

• The Tay Bridge Disaster

  Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!
  Alas! I am very sorry to say

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• An Ode to the Queen on Her Jubilee Year

  Sound drums and trumpets, far and near!
  And Let all Queen Victoria's subjects loudly cheer!

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• The Death of Prince Leopold

  Alas! noble Prince Leopold, he is dead!
  Who often has his lustre shed:

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• The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie

  Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last,
  Which causes many people to feel a little downcast;

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• The Funeral of the German Emperor

  Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead.
  Who oft great armies to battle hath led;

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• The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir

  Ye sons of Great Britain, come join with me,
  And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley;

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• The Famous Tay Whale

  'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883,
  That a monster whale came to Dundee,

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• The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay

  Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
  With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array

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• The Newport Railway

  Success to the Newport Railway,
  Along the braes of the Silvery Tay,

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• An Address to the New Tay Bridge

  Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
  With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,

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• The Late Sir John Ogilvy

  Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven,
  But I hope his soul is now in heaven;

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• The Rattling Boy from Dublin

  I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town,
  I courted a girl called Biddy Brown,

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• The Burial of the Reverend Gilfillan

  On the Gilfillan burial day,
  In the Hill o' Balgay,

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• The Battle of El-Teb

  Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame
  To write in praise of brave General Graham!

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• The Battle of Abu Klea

  Ye sons of Mars, come join with me,
  And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army,

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• A Christmas Carol

  Welcome, sweet Christmas, blest be the morn
  That Christ our Saviour was born!

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• The Christmas Goose

  Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman,
  And he lived in London town;

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• An Autumn Reverie

  Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
  And the face of Nature doth seem dead,

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• The Wreck of the Steamer 'London', while on her way to Australia

  'Twas in the year of 1866, and on a very beautiful day,
  That eighty-two passengers, with spirits light and gay,

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• The Wreck of the 'Thomas Dryden' in Pentland Firth

  As I stood upon the sandy beach
  One morn near Pentland Ferry,

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• Attempted Assassination of the Queen

  God prosper long our noble Queen,
  And long may she reign!

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• The Moon

  Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
  Thou seemest most charming to my sight;

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• The Beautiful Sun

  Beautiful Sun! with thy golden rays,
  To God, the wise Creator, be all praise;

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• Grace Darling or "The Wreck of the Forfarshire"

  As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day
  In the year of 1838, a steamer passed through the Fairway

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• To Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee

  Success to James Scrymgeour,
  He's a very good man,

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• The Battle of Bannockburn

  Sir Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn
  Beat the English in every wheel and turn,

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• Edinburgh

  Beautiful city of Edinburgh!
  Where the tourist can drown his sorrow

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• Glasgow

  Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean,
  Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green!

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• Oban

  Oh! beautiful Oban with your lovely bay,
  Your surroundings are magnificent on a fine summer-day;

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• The Battle of Flodden Field

  'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day,
  That a numerous English army came in grand array,

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• Greenland's Icy Mountains

  Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand,
  And wondrously created by the Almighty's command;

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• A Tribute to Henry M. Stanley

  Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee,
  The great African explorer Henry M Stanley,

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• Jottings of New York

  Oh, mighty city of New York, you are wonderful to behold--
  Your buildings are magnificent-- the truth be it told--

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• Beautiful Monikie

  Beautiful Monikie! with your trees and shrubberies green
  And your beautiful walks, most charming to be seen:

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• A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army

  All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave,
  That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave,

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• Loch Katrine

  Beautiful Loch Katrine in all thy majesty so grand,
  Oh! how charming and fascinating is thy silver strand!

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• Forget-Me-Not

  A gallant knight and his betroth'd bride,
  Were walking one day by a river side,

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• The Royal Review

  All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen--
  Long may she live in health, happy and serene--

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• The Nithsdale Widow and Her Son

  'Twas in the year of 1746, on a fine summer afternoon,
  When trees and flowers were in full bloom,

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• Jack o' the Cudgel

  Part I
  'Twas in the famous town of Windsor, on a fine summer morn,

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• The Battle of Culloden

  'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day,
  That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched on without delay,

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• The Battle of Sheriffmuir

  'Twas in the year 1715, and on the 10th of November,
  Which the people of Scotland have cause to remember;

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• The Execution of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose

  'Twas in the year of 1650, and on the twenty-first of May,
  The city of Edinburgh was put into a state of dismay

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• Baldovan

  The scenery of Baldovan
  Is most lovely to see,

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• Loch Leven

  Beautiful Loch Leven, near by Kinross
  For a good day's fishing the angler is seldom at a loss,

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• The Castle of Mains

  Ancient Castle of the Mains,
  With your romantic scenery and surrounding plains,

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• Broughty Ferry

  Ancient Castle of Broughty Ferry
  With walls as strong as Londonderry;

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• Robert Burns

  Immortal Robert Burns of Ayr,
  There's but few poets can with you compare;

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• Adventures of King Robert the Bruce

  King Robert the Bruce's deadly enemy, John of Lorn,
  Joined the English with eight hundred Highlanders one morn,

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• A Tale of the Sea

  A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold,
  Enough to make one's blood run cold;

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• Descriptive Jottings of London

  As I stood upon London Bridge and viewed the mighty throng
  Of thousands of people in cabs and 'busses rapidly whirling along,

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• Annie Marshall the Foundling

  Annie Marshall was a foundling, and lived in Downderry,
  And was trained up by a coast-guardsman, kind-hearted and merry

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• Bill Bowls the Sailor

  'Twas about the beginning of the present century,
  Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea;

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• Young Munro the Sailor

  'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May,
  I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the Tay;

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• The Death of the Old Mendicant

  There was a rich old gentleman
  Lived on a lonely moor in Switzerland,

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• An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland

  On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise,
  Near by the Bridge of Cramond met with rather a disagreeable surprise.

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• The Clepington Catastrophe

  'Twas on a Monday morning, and in the year of 1884,
  That a fire broke out in Bailie Bradford's store,

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• The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai

  'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885,
  That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full drive,

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• Burning of the Exeter Theatre

  'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember,
  The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on the 5th of September,

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• John Rouat the Fisherman

  Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr,
  With a comely figure, and face of beauty rare,

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• The Sorrows of the Blind

  Pity the sorrows of the poor blind,
  For they can but little comfort find;

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• General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum

  Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom
  For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum,

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• The Battle of Cressy

  'Twas on the 26th of August, the sun was burning hot,
  In the year of 1346, which will never be forgot,

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• The Wreck of the Barque 'Wm. Paterson of Liverpool'

  Ye landsmen all attend my verse, and I'll tell to ye a tale
  Concerning the barque "Wm. Paterson" that was lost in a tempestuous gale

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• Hanchen, the Maid of the Mill

  Near the village of Udorf, on the banks of the Rhine,
  There lived a miller and his family, once on a time;

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• Wreck of the Schooner 'Samuel Crawford'

  'Twas in the year of 1886, and on the 29th of November,
  Which the surviving crew of the "Samuel Crawford" will long remember,

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• The First Grenadier of France

  'Twas in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers,
  A touching and beautiful custom was observed many years;

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• The Tragic Death of the Rev. A.H. Mackonochie

  Friends of humanity, of high and low degree,
  I pray ye all come listen to me;

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• The Burning of the Steamer 'City of Montreal'

  A sad tale of the sea I will relate, which will your hearts appal
  Concerning the burning of the steamship "City of Montreal,"

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• The Wreck of the Whaler 'Oscar'

  'Twas on the 1st of April, and in the year of Eighteen thirteen,
  That the whaler "Oscar" was wrecked not far from Aberdeen;

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• Jenny Carrister, The Heroine of Lucknow-Mine

  A heroic story I will unfold,
  Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold,

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• The Horrors of Majuba

  'Twas after the great Majuba fight:
  And the next morning, at daylight,

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• The Miraculous Escape of Robert Allan, the Fireman

  'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day,
  That a fire broke out in a warehouse, and for hours blazed away;

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• The Battle of Shina, in Africa, Fought in 1800

  King Shuac, the Giant of Mizra, war did declare
  Against Ulva, King of Shina, telling him to prepare

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• The Collision in the English Channel

  'Twas on a Sunday morning, and in the year of 1888,
  The steamer "Saxmundham," laden with coal and coke for freight,

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• The Pennsylvania Disaster

  'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June,
  Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom,

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• The Sprig of Moss

  There lived in Munich a poor, weakly youth,
  But for the exact date, I cannot vouch for the truth,

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