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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.
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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.
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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 III.
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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 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 III.
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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 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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ACT III.
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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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THE SWALLOW.

The little comer's coming, the comer o'er the sea,
The comer of the summer, all the sunny days to be.
How pleasant through the pleasant sleep thy early twitter heard,
O Swallow by the lattice! Glad days be thy reward!
Thine be sweet morning with the bee that's out for honeydew;
And glowing be the noontide for the grasshopper and you;
And mellow shine, o'er day's decline, the sun to light thee home!
What can molest thy airy nest? sleep till the morrow come.
The river blue that lapses through the valley hears thee sing,
And murmurs much beneath the touch of thy light-dipping wing.
The thunder-cloud, over us bowed, in deeper gloom is seen,
When quick relieved it glances to thy bosom's silvery sheen.
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The silent Power that brings thee back with leading-strings of love
To haunts where first the summer sun fell on thee from above,
Shall bind thee more to come aye to the music of our leaves,
For here thy young, where thou hast sprung, shall glad thee in our eaves.
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