Book: The Two Angels (1875)

• The Two Angels

  Two angels, as I grew up glad and gay
  From golden infancy,

  284 lines
• Agnes Died

  "A pure sweet life, that came upon our earth,
  Stay'd for a space, and then went back to heaven."

  234 lines
• The Weary Weird

  The Nith has a weird, weird soun' the nicht,
  As it swurls through the big black pool,

  196 lines
• Chateaux En Espagne

  It is a pleasant thing to rhyme,
  Providing it but bring you money;

  144 lines
• Dingle Doozie

  Dingle, dingle doozie,
  Hoo he lauchs to see't

  40 lines
• In Tempe

  I was a shepherd in the Tempean vale,
  I heard Apollo play,

  136 lines
• A' His Lane

  Pit his back against a chair,
  Let us see if he can gang,

  48 lines
• Alexis

  "He saw through his own soul."
  

  254 lines
• In Kirkconnel Old Churchyard

  Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
  The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.—

  207 lines
• To An Old Schoolfellow

  Der Schulfreund wird nie vergessen."
  

  194 lines
• Oor First Wee Graves

  They were a' roun' aboot us, their hearts licht wi' glee,
  An' the pride an' the talk o' their faither an' me;

  72 lines
• Livingstone

  Bring him to England, for the goal is won;
  The grand old man, whose soul was as a spark

  44 lines
• Two Eyes

  Two eyes, whose light I lost when death
  Came in and took away the breath,

  18 lines
• By The Grave of Livingstone

  Das Tüchtige wenns wahrhaft ist,
  Wirkt über alle zeiten hinaus.--

  55 lines
• Reading The Book

  I sat by night and read the Book,
  Till doubt was mingled with my look,

  53 lines
• Blood On The Wheel

  Bless her dear little heart!" said my mate, and he pointed out to me,
  Fifty yards to the right, in the darkness, a light burning steady and clear.

  60 lines
• Over The Sea, Annie

  The wings of the dear old past, Annie,
    Are falling over me,

  37 lines
• Jenny Wi' The Airn Teeth

  What a plague is this o' mine,
  Winna steek his e'e,

  48 lines
• Grannie Grey Pow

  Auld Granny Grey Pow,
  Fetch the bairnies in;

  56 lines
• The Poet

  The poet is not for the crowd; he stands
  An isolation from the multitude,

  40 lines
• May Middleton's Tam

  Frae the schulehoose that sat at the heid o' the green,
  To the fit o' the toon where the smiddy was seen--

  112 lines
• The Worship of Sorrow

  He who, in his young sweet lifetime,
  When his heart with its visions was rife,

  52 lines
• Look To The East

  The dead man came from out the grave,
  He grasp'd my hand, and said, "Be brave."

  58 lines
• Jamie's Wee Chair

  The snawdrap was oot, and the primrose was seen
  In the cleuch, while the side o' the burnie was green;

  72 lines
• God Wrapt Him

  God wrapt him in a world of purer light
  And clearer thought. His soul

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• Early Poet Life

  O, how bright were those early summers
  When, like Heaven's own dazzling bow,

  68 lines
• Is Wee Jamie Wuakin' Yet?

  Is wee Jamie waukin' yet?
  Lyin' unco lang;

  40 lines
• Ledgie Cooper

  Auld Ledgie Cooper cam' into the schule,
  But his face was wae to see;

  114 lines
• David Gray

  "In Eden every flower is blown. Amen."—
  His own epitaph

  104 lines
• Rock Him Till He Grows A Mannie

  Cuddle doon an' sleep fu' soun',
  Mammy's bairnie saft an' cozie;

  56 lines
• Mary

  Roses fade, and why not you?
  Mary, in whose eyes we view

  42 lines
• The Old School-House

  Ah! often when coming from labour,
  When I hear the children play,

  36 lines
• The Bowgie Man

  Did ye see the Bowgie man
    Stan'in' at the door?

  57 lines
• The Deil's Stane

  "O whaur hae ye been, my bonnie, bonnie bairns,
  Sae lang awa' frae me?

  172 lines
• Cockie-Roosie-Ride

  Pit the bairn on mammy's back,
  Ow'r her shuiders pit his feet;

  56 lines
• The New Year

  From the dim, dread veil that in wisdom is cast
  Between men and the shadowy scope

  32 lines
• The Fiddler O' Boglebriggs

  A fiddler sits, wha has never been seen,
  On the ledgin' o' Boglebriggs;

  236 lines
• A Walk To Pamphy Linns

  We took a walk to Pamphy linns--
  Three other friends and I,

  276 lines
• To A City Friend

  You prate about your busy town,
  And look upon myself with pity,

  104 lines
• The Veiled Memnon

  Aflush from the far land of song he came
  To us;

  116 lines
• Daft Ailie

  Daft Ailie cam' in by the auld brig-en'
  As the sunlicht, saft an' sweet,

  176 lines
• The Lost Eden Found Again

  The angels look'd up into God's own eyes,
  As He shut the gateways of Paradise;

  37 lines
• The San' Man

  San' man frae the quarry hole,
  Bring a pouk o' san';

  48 lines
• In Rome: A Poem In Sonnets

  "Roma! Roma! Roma!
  Non è più come era prima!"

  667 lines
• The Questioning Angels

  There ran behind the angels' wings
  An undertone of murmurings,

  40 lines
• Rabelais

  J'aime Monsieur Francois Rabelais, that
    Rough, shoulder-shrugging, laughing Frenchman,

  107 lines
• The Singers

  God said, "I will reach my hand down to earth,
  That man may have in him a purer birth;

  30 lines
• The Last Sweet Walk

  A tender light, when I look back,
    Is all that I can see

  135 lines, 1 comment
• The Open Secret

  God said, "I take my stand behind
  Men, Nature, and the shaping mind.

  52 lines

• By me, right now

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