Book: More Poetic Gems

• The Destroying Angel or The Poet's Dream

  I dreamt a dream the other night
  That an Angel appeared to me, clothed in white.

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• Lines in Defence of the Stage

  Good people of high and low degree,
  I pray ye all be advised by me,

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• Calamity in London

  'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the night of Christmas day,
  That ten persons' lives were taken away,

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• The Black Watch Memorial

  Ye Sons of Mars, it gives me great content
  To think there has been erected a handsome monument

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• Lost on the Prairie

  In one of fhe States of America, some years ago,
  There suddenly came on a violent storm of snow,

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• The Irish Convict's Return

  Ye mountains and glens of Old Ireland,
  I've returned home to ye again;

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• Little Jamie

  Ither laddies may ha's finer claes, and may be better fed,
  But nane o' them a'has sic a bonnie curly heid,

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• An Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan

  All hail to the Rev. George Gilfillan of Dundee,
  He is the greatest preacher I did ever hear or see.

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• An Address to Shakespeare

  Immortal! William Shakespeare, there's none can you excel,
  You have drawn out your characters remarkably well,

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• The Fair Maid of Perth's House

  All ye good people, afar and near,
  To my request pray lend an ear;

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• The Queen's Jubilee Celebrations

  'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the 22nd of June,
  Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in London caused a great boom;

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• An Ode to the Queen

  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 Death of the Queen

  Alas! our noble and generous Queen Victoria is dead,
  And I hope her soul to Heaven has fled,

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• A Humble Heroine

  'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War,
  That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there by far;

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• Nora, the Maid of Killarney

  Down by the beautiful Lakes of Killarney,
  Off times I have met my own dear Barney,

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• Little Popeet - the Lost Child

  Near by the silent waters of the Mediterranean,
  And at the door of an old hut stood a coloured man,

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• The Little Match Girl

  It was biting cold, and the falling snow,
  Which filled a poor little match girl's heart with woe,

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• A Tale of Elsinore

  A little child stood thinking, sorrowfully and ill at ease,
  In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine trees -

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• The Bonnie Sidlaw Hills

  Bonnie Clara, will you go to the bonnie Sidlaw hills
  And pu' the blooming heather, and drink from their rills?

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• Bonnie Callander

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  Bonnie Helen, will you go to Callander with me

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• Bonnie Kilmany

  Bonnie Kilmany, in the County of Fife,
  Is a healthy spot to reside in to lengthen one's life.

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• Bonnie Montrose

  Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay,
  And I will write in praise of thee without dismay,

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• Beautiful Comrie

  Ye lovers of the picturesque, away, away!
  To beautiful Comrie and have a holiday;

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• Beautiful North Berwick

  North Berwick is a watering-place with golfing links green,
  With a fine bathing beach most lovely to be seen;

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• Beautiful Crief

  Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief,
  Take my advice, and visit the ancient town of Crieff;

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• Beautiful Balmoral

  Ye lovers of the picturesque, away and see
  Beautiful Balmoral, near by the River Dee;

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• Beautiful Village of Penicuik

  The village of Penicuik, with its neighbouring spinning mills,
  Is most lovely to see, and the Pentland Hills;

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• Beautiful Nairn

  All ye tourists who wish to be away
  From the crowded city for a brief holiday;

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• Beautiful Torquay

  All ye lovers of the picturesque, away
  To beautiful Torquay and spend a holiday

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• The Ancient Town of Leith

  Ancient town of Leith, most wonderful to be seen,
  With your many handsome buildings, and lovely links so green,

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• The City of Perth

  Beautiful Ancient City of Perth,
  One of the fairest on the earth,

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• Bonnie Dundee in 1878

  Oh, Bonnie Dundee! I will sing in thy praise
  A few but true simple lays,

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• Loch Ness

  Beautiful Loch Ness,
  The truth to express,

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• A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay

  Beautiful silvery Tay,
  With your landscapes, so lovely and gay,

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• The Den o' Fowlis

  Beautiful Den o' Fowlis, most charming to be seen
  In the summer season, when your trees are green;

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• The Inauguration of the Hill o' Balgay

  Beautiful Hill o' Balgay,
  With your green frees and flowers fair,

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• The Bonnie Lass o' Dundee

  O' a' the toons that I've been in,
  I dearly love Dundee,

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• The Bonnie Lass o' Ruily

  'Twas in the village of Ruily there lived a bonnie lass
  With red, pouting lips which few lasses could surpass,

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• Mary, the Maid o' the Tay

  Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Tay,
  Whaur me and my Mary oft did stray;

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• The Heatherblend Club Banquet

  'Twas on the 16th of October, in the year 1894,
  I was invited to Inverness, not far from the sea shore,

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• The Summary History of Sir William Wallace

  Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie,
  I'm told he went to the High School in Dundee,

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• Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins

  Success to Tommy Atkins, he's a very brave man,
  And to deny it there's few people can;

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• The Relief of Mafeking

  Success to Colonel Baden-Powell and his praises loudly sing,
  For being so brave in relieving Mafeking,

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• The Battle of Glencoe

  Twas in the month of October, and in the year of 1899,
  Which the Boers will remember for a very long time,

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• The Capture of Havana

  'Twas in the year 1762 that France and Spain
  Resolved, allied together, to crush Britain;

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• The Battle of Waterloo

  'Twas in the year 1815, and on the 18th day of June,
  That British cannon, against the French army, loudly did boom,

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• The Albion Battleship Calamity

  'Twas in the year of 1898, ond on the 21st of June,
  The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a great gloom,

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• An All-Night Sea Fight

  Ye sons of Mars, come list to me,
  And I will relate to ye

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• The Wreck of the Steamer 'Stella'

  'Twas in the month of March and in the year of 1899,
  Which will be remembered for a very long time;

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• The Wreck of the Steamer 'Storm Queen'

  Ye landsmen, all pray list to me,
  While I relate a terrible tale of the sea,

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• The Wreck of the 'Abercrombie Robinson'

  Twas in the year of 1842 and on the 27th of May
  That six Companies of the 91st Regiment with spirits light and gay,

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• The Loss of the 'Victoria'

  Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom,
  Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb;

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• The Burning of the Ship 'Kent'

  Good people of high and low degree,
  I pray ye all to list to me,

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• The Wreck of the 'Indian Chief'

  'Twas on the 8th of January 1881,
  That a terrific gale along the English Channel ran,

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• Captain Teach alias Black Beard

  Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port
  On board a privateer, in search of sport,

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• The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough

  'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 8th of June,
  A mother and six children met with a cruel doom

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• The Burial of Mr. Gladstone

  Alas! the people now do sigh and moan
  For the loss of Wm. Ewart Gladstone,

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• The Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson

  'Twas in the year of 1888 and on the 17th of January
  That the late Rev. Dr. Wilson's soul fled away;

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• The Death of Captain Ward

  'Twas about the beginning of the past century
  Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy,

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• McGonagall's Ode to the King

  Oh! God, I thank Thee for restoring King Edward the Seventh's health again,
  And let all his subjects throughout the Empire say Amen;

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• A Soldier's Reprieve

  'Twas in the United States of America some years ago
  An aged father sat at his fireside with his heart full of woe,

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• Richard Pigott, the Forger

  Richard Pigott, the forger, was a very bad man,
  And to gainsay it there's nobody can,

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• The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney

  In a little town in Devonshire, in the mellow September moonlight,
  A gentleman passing along a street saw a pitiful sight,

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• By me, right now

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