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The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird

Fifth Edition: With a Memoir by the Rev. Jardine Wallace
Aird, Thomas (1802-1876)

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POEMS.
  
TO A YOUNG POET.
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SONGS OF THE SEASONS.
  
SONG THE FIRST.
  
SONG THE SECOND.
  
SONG THE THIRD.
  
SONG THE FOURTH.
  
SONG THE FIFTH.
  
SONG THE SIXTH.
  
SONG THE SEVENTH.
  
SONG THE EIGHTH.
  
SONG THE NINTH.
  
SONG THE TENTH.
  
SONG THE ELEVENTH.
  
SONG THE TWELFTH.
  
THE HOLY COTTAGE.
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FRANK SYLVAN.
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FITTE THE FIRST.
 II. 
FITTE THE SECOND.
 III. 
FITTE THE THIRD.
  
THE CHAMPION.
  
AN EVENING WALK.
  
THE DEVIL'S DREAM ON MOUNT AKSBECK.
  
THE RIVER.
  
THE CHRISTIAN BRIDE.
  
BYRON.
  
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
  
THE SWALLOW.
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MONKWOOD.
 I. 
PART FIRST.
 II. 
PART SECOND.
  
THE GOLDSPINK AND THISTLE.
  
NIGHT.
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TALES OF THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.
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First Tale: Herodion and Azala.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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Second Tale: Othuriel.
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CANTO I. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO II. OTHURIEL'S INTERVIEW WITH JOANNA.
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CANTO III. THE ASSAULT BY NIGHT.
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CANTO IV. OTHURIEL BRINGS TAMAR TO JERUSALEM.
  
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CANTO V. OTHURIEL A PRISONER.
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CANTO VI. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF MAROMNE AND JOANNA.
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CANTO VII. THE END OF OTHURIEL.
  
FANCY.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF A CITY PASTOR.
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A SUMMER DAY.
  
Morning.
  
Noon.
  
Evening.
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THE CAPTIVE OF FEZ.
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CANTO I. THE PRISON.
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CANTO II. THE PROVOKED REBEL.
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CANTO III. MOTHER AND SON.
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CANTO IV. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO V. THE FIRE.
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A WINTER DAY.
  
Morning.
  
Noon and Afternoon.
  
Evening.
  
OUR YOUNG PAINTER.
  
WASH THE FEET OF POOR OLD AGE.
  
TO MONT BLANC.
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THE TRAGIC POEM OF WOLD.
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ACT I.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.
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ACT II.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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ACT III.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
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Scene IX.
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Scene X.
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Scene XI.
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Scene XII.
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Scene XIII.
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ACT IV.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
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Scene IX.
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ACT V.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
  
THE YOUNG PHYSICIAN.
  
MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.
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FLOWERS OF THE OLD SCOTTISH THISTLE.
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Flower the First: Maid Marion.
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Flower the Second: Maude of Raventree.
  
THE PROPHECY.
  
THE TRANSLATION OF BEAUTY.
  
RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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CANTO I. CYRA'S INTERVIEW WITH THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.
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CANTO II. THE PLOT OF MERDAN AND NARSES.
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CANTO III. THE HUNT.
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CANTO IV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S CAVE.
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CANTO V. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO VI. THE BANQUET.
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CANTO VII. THE DEATH OF CYRA.
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CANTO VIII. THE END OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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GRANDMOTHER.
  
THE LYRE.
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A FATHER'S CURSE:
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VISION FIRST.
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VISION SECOND.
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VISION THIRD.
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VISION FOURTH.
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A MOTHER'S BLESSING:
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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Scene I.
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ACT III.
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Scene I.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
  
MONOGRAPH OF A FRIEND.
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THE CHURCHYARD.
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Night the First.
  
SONG OF THE CHURCHYARD CHILDREN.
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Night the Second.
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Night the Third.
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THE OLD SOLDIER.
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CAMPAIGN THE FIRST.
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CAMPAIGN THE SECOND.
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CAMPAIGN THE THIRD.
  
THE SHEPHERD'S DOG.
  
GENIUS.
  
THE DEMONIAC.
  
SONG OF TIME AND MAN.

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Come to the Banquet! Lift your dazzled eyes,
Survey the glory that before you lies!
Far down yon avenue of fainting light,
The dim dance swims away upon the sight.
Behold the central feast! Behold the wine
Around in brimming undulations shine,
As shakes the joyous board! There Beauty sips
The purple glimmer with her murmuring lips;
For there the rose-crowned concubines are set,
For there the nymphs of Babylon are met,
Each one a princess: Their illumined eyes
Glitter with laughter, glance with coy surprise;
And aye the love-sick dulcimer is played,
Till faintly languishes each melting maid.
Here peaceful satraps quaff: their lordly breasts
Built out with gladness, sit the chosen guests.
And there the Prince: But oft he looks around,
And seems to listen for some coming sound.
Fear in his heart; each bowl, each golden cup
With blood, for wine, to him seems welling up,
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Smote by the light of that branched candlestick:
These Holy Vessels well may make him sick,
Torn from Jehovah's Courts with impious hands,
To light the unhallowed feasts of Heathen lands.
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