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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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TO A YOUNG POET.

SONGS OF THE SEASONS.

THE HOLY COTTAGE.

AN EVENING WALK.

THE DEVIL'S DREAM ON MOUNT AKSBECK.

THE CHRISTIAN BRIDE.

BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.

THE GOLDSPINK AND THISTLE.

TALES OF THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.

TO THE MEMORY OF A CITY PASTOR.

THE CAPTIVE OF FEZ.

OUR YOUNG PAINTER.

WASH THE FEET OF POOR OLD AGE.

THE TRAGIC POEM OF WOLD.

THE YOUNG PHYSICIAN.

MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.

FLOWERS OF THE OLD SCOTTISH THISTLE.

THE TRANSLATION OF BEAUTY.

RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.

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NEBUCHADNEZZAR.

I.

CANTO I. CYRA'S INTERVIEW WITH THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.

II.

CANTO II. THE PLOT OF MERDAN AND NARSES.

III.

CANTO III. THE HUNT.

IV.

CANTO IV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S CAVE.

V.

CANTO V. THE BATTLE.

VI.

CANTO VI. THE BANQUET.

VII.

CANTO VII. THE DEATH OF CYRA.

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VIII.

CANTO VIII. THE END OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.

I.

II.

III.

III.

IV.

A FATHER'S CURSE:

A MOTHER'S BLESSING:

MONOGRAPH OF A FRIEND.

THE CHURCHYARD.

THE OLD SOLDIER.

THE SHEPHERD'S DOG.

SONG OF TIME AND MAN.

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III.

Down walked the grief-struck King; but yet put on
A governed wo, and sate upon his throne:
His laws renewed, the glories of his State
Arranged, with god-like majesty he sate.