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Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver

By William Thom. Edited, with a Biographical Sketch, by W. Skinner

Thom, William (1798?-1848)

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THE BLIND BOY'S PRANKS.

THE BLIND BOY'S PRANKS.

THE BLIND BOY'S PRANKS.

LINES OCCASIONED BY THE SUDDEN DEATH OF COUNT JOHN LESLIE OF BALQUHAIN AND FETTERNEIR.

WHISPERINGS FOR THE UNWASHED.

THE MANIAC MOTHER'S DREAM.

OLD FATHER FROST AND HIS FAMILY.

OH, MARY! WHEN YOU THINK OF ME.

I'VE SOUGHT IN LANDS AYONT THE SEA.

I WOULDNA—OH! I COULDNA LOOK.

JEANIE'S GRAVE.

THEY SPEAK O' WYLES.

THE LAST TRYST.

ONE OF THE HEART'S STRUGGLES.

YE DINNA KEN YON BOWER.

LINES WRITTEN AT RAVENSCRAIG,

THE OVERGATE ORPHAN.

A CHIEFTAIN UNKNOWN TO THE QUEEN.

THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM.

THE LASS O' KINTORE.

DID THEY MEET AGAIN?

WHAUR DOES THE BLYTHE BEE SIP?

LINES ADDRESSED TO MISS MARY FORBES ROBERTSON ON HER LEAVING FOR SCOTLAND AFTER A VISIT TO FRIENDS IN LONDON, NOV., 1846.

THE LASS WI' THE WANDERIN' E'E.

MY HEATHER LAND.

MY HAMELESS HA'.

TO MY SON WILLIE

TO MY SON WILLIE IN THE INFIRMARY

DREAMINGS OF THE BEREAVED.

THE MITHERLESS BAIRN.

THE WEDDED WATERS.

“OH, THAT MY LOVE WAS SO EASILY WON!”

ADDRESS TO THE DON.

GLAMOURIE; OR, MESMERISM AS WE HAVE IT AT INVERURY.

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SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.

THE MONITOR'S SONG

THE STRICKEN BRANCH.

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LINES SUGGESTED BY THE ABOVE DISASTER.

LINES TO MISS LUCY LAWRENCE OTTLEY.

KNOCKESPOCK'S LADY.

THE HOMES OF MISERY.

JUSTICE—A REVERIE.

SOMETHING ABOUT DIMPLES:

CHANTS FOR CHURLS.

FAREWELL TO LONDON.

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Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver

By William Thom. Edited, with a Biographical Sketch, by W. Skinner

William Thom

1798?-1848

Alexander Gardner

Paisley

1880